Ongoing challenges for pharmacotherapy for dyslipidemia

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 347-356

  Pisaniello, Anthony D ^a   Scherer, Daniel J ^b   Kataoka, Yu ^a   Nicholls, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk; Lipid modifying therapy; Lipids

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING LIPID METABOLISM; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9 INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; PCSK9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; LIPID METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FIBRIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; NIACIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RISK FACTORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84921442072     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2014.986094     Document Type: Review

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