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[In whom, when and how should increased cholesterol values be treated?]
1Medizinische Kernklinik und Poliklinik, Universitäts-Krankenhaus, Eppendorf, Hamburg.
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High cholesterol levels increase coronary heart disease risk and require management through prevention strategies. Effective lipid-lowering therapy considers cholesterol alongside other risk factors, guided by physician decisions.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Preventive Medicine
- Pharmacology
Abstract:
High cholesterol values enhance the development of coronary heart disease. Therefore they must be normalized within the framework of a primary and secondary prevention. Apart from the risk factor cholesterol, other influencable and non-influencencable risk factors play a decisive role for the patient concerned. The simultaneous presence of these factors also finally determines the intensity of the lipid-lowering therapy. For a successful therapy, besides dietary measures, modern therapeutic drugs are available, and their use--as a rule--helps to normalize moderate and strongly increased cholesterol values. Despite all help in decision-making it always will remain the decision of a responsible doctor, which measures he will take to reduce the individual coronary risk of a particular patient entrusted to him.