Volume 72 Number 2 March 2005	back to contents

Department of Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine and Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

Address all correspondence to Donald A. Smith, M.D., M.P.H., Box 1014 , Mount Sinai Medical Center , 1 East 100 th Street , New York , NY 10029-6574.

There was no grant support.

Cases were presented at a Grand Rounds presentation to the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY on March 4, 2002 and updated as of September 2004.

ABSTRACT

Eight case histories with differing clinical presentations and lipid abnormalities are presented to illustrate new trends in lipid management. Issues discussed include the use of coronary artery calcium scores to assess coronary heart disease risk for individuals who are asymptomatic, lower LDL-cholesterol goals, new lipid measurements that may be clinically helpful in patient management, and the use of combined lipid-altering agents.

KEYWORDS

Anticholesterolemic drugs, coronary disease, lipids, drug therapy, cardiovascular diseases, lipoproteins, cholesterol, triglycerides, drug therapy, mortality, prevention, control.

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