Acute LDL-C reduction post ACS: strike early and strike strong: from evidence to clinical practice. A clinical consensus statement of the Association for Acute …

KA Krychtiuk, I Ahrens, H Drexel… - … Heart Journal: Acute …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
After experiencing an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), patients are at a high risk of suffering
from recurrent ischaemic cardiovascular events, especially in the very early phase. Low …

Aggressive LDL-C lowering and the brain: impact on risk for dementia and hemorrhagic stroke: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

LB Goldstein, PP Toth… - … , and vascular biology, 2023 - ahajournals.org
The objective of this scientific statement is to evaluate contemporary evidence that either
supports or refutes the conclusion that aggressive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol …

Efficacy and Safety of an Investigational Single-Course CRISPR Base-Editing Therapy Targeting PCSK9 in Nonhuman Primate and Mouse Models

RG Lee, AM Mazzola, MC Braun, C Platt, SB Vafai… - Circulation, 2023 - ahajournals.org
Background: VERVE-101 is an investigational in vivo CRISPR base-editing medicine
designed to alter a single DNA base in the PCSK9 gene, permanently turn off hepatic …

Lipid lowering effects of the CETP inhibitor obicetrapib in combination with high-intensity statins: a randomized phase 2 trial

SJ Nicholls, M Ditmarsch, JJ Kastelein, SP Rigby… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Global guidelines for the management of high-cardiovascular-risk patients include
aggressive goals for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Statin therapy alone is …

Phase 2b randomized trial of the oral PCSK9 inhibitor MK-0616

CM Ballantyne, P Banka, G Mendez, R Garcia… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background MK-0616 is an oral macrocyclic peptide inhibitor of proprotein convertase
subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) in development for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia …

An “inclisiran first” strategy vs usual care in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

MJ Koren, F Rodriguez, C East, PP Toth… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Background Most patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease fail to achieve
guideline-directed low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals. Twice-yearly inclisiran …

Obicetrapib: reversing the tide of CETP inhibitor disappointments

JJP Kastelein, A Hsieh, MR Dicklin… - Current atherosclerosis …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To discuss the history of cardiovascular outcomes trials of
cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors and to describe obicetrapib, a next …

High-intensity statin use among patients with atherosclerosis in the US

AJ Nelson, K Haynes, S Shambhu, Z Eapen… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background Preventive therapy among patients with established atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is generally underused. Whether new guideline …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond statins: New pharmacological targets to decrease LDL-cholesterol and cardiovascular events

E Raschi, M Casula, AFG Cicero, A Corsini… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pharmacological treatment of dyslipidemia, a major modifiable risk factor for develo**
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), remains a debated and controversial …

The relationship between dyslipidemia and inflammation among adults in east coast China: A cross-sectional study

N Hong, Y Lin, Z Ye, C Yang, Y Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Dyslipidemia is one of the major public health problems in China. It is
characterized by multisystem dysregulation and inflammation, and oxidant/antioxidant …