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Personalized medicine in lipid-modifying therapy.
Personalized medicine - 1 Mar 2021
Tomlinson Brian, Lin Chen-Hsiu, Chan Paul, Lam Christopher Wk
Abstract excerpt
The choice of lipid-modifying treatment is largely based on the absolute level of cardiovascular risk and baseline lipid profile. Statins are the first-line treatment for most patients requiring reduction of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and ezetimibe and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors can be added to reach LDL-C targets. Statins have some adverse effects that are somewhat...
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