New therapeutic principles in dyslipidaemia: Focus on LDL and Lp(a) lowering drugs

Dyslipidaemias play a key role in determining cardiovascular risk; the discovery of statins has contributed a very effective approach. However, many patients do not achieve, at the maximal tolerated dose, the recommended goals for low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), non-high-density lipopro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Norata, Giuseppe, Ballantyne, C., Catapano, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55365