Video: New Insights Link Low HDL-Cholesterol and Elevated Triglycerides with Coronary Heart Disease and Microvascular Complications in Patients at Goal for LDL-C...(a first or subsequent coronary event whe...),Health

Date:9/1/2009

a first or subsequent coronary event, whether low HDL-C and/or elevated TG levels are associated with a significant risk of coronary event after adjustment for other risk factors. Adult male or female patients admitted to coronary care units (CCUs) or explored in cardiac catheter laboratories were matched with controls hospitalized for other reasons.

The microvascular REALIST survey was designed to determine whether low HDL-C and/or elevated TG levels are associated with a significant residual risk of microvascular complications. Data will be adjusted for other risk factors such as age, gender, diabetes duration, HbA1C, LDL-C levels, blood pressure, BMI and smoking status in patients with type 2 diabetes nearly at goal for LDL-C and presenting with incident microvascular complication (retinopathy, maculopathy or nephropathy). Diabetic neuropathy is an exploratory disease due to difficulties in establishing it with certainty in retrospective analysis. The REALIST surveys are currently being conducted in Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and the U.S.

What is residual vascular risk?

Residual vascular risk is defined as the significant residual risk of macrovascular events and microvascular complications which persists in most patients despite current standards of care including achievement of low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) goal and intensive control of blood pressure and blood glucose.

Although statin therapy is the cornerstone of dyslipidemia management, LDL-C lowering with statins reduces the risk of major coronary events by approximately one-quarter, with 77 percent of the relative risk of events still occurring.(3)

Multifactorial intensive therapy (including statins) is insufficient to prevent the development or progression of microvascular disease (retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy) in up to 50 percent of p
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