JCL roundtable: Managing lipid disorders in young women

The roundtable discussion in this issue will focus on the problems faced by young women with lipid disorders. This is often the source of confusion for the patient and physician because the myth continues that young women do not have complications of atherosclerosis as a result of elevated blood cholesterol. The essential role of women in bearing children during the early years of adulthood also produces difficult decisions because the mother and fetus are usually experiencing similar exposure to therapeutic regimens. We are joined in this discussion by Drs. Pamela Morris of the Medical University of South Carolina and Robert Wild of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr Morris is an Internist, and Dr Wild is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. Both are board certified in clinical lipidology and are actively publishing in this field. We have recorded this roundtable discussion during the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions held in New Orleans during May 2016.