Does Adopting Western Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Targets Expose Indians to a Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Events? Expert Opinion From the Lipid Association of India

• Published in: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India Vol. 72; no. 10; pp. 71 - 76
• Main Authors: Puri, Raman, Mehta, Vimal, Bansal, Manish, Duell, P Barton, Iyengar, S S, Shetty, Sadanand, Graham, Ian, Mohan, J C, Kaul, Upendra, Rao, Dayasagar, Agarwala, Rajeev, Wander, Gurpreet Singh, Hazra, Prakash, Kumar, Soumitra, Wangnoo, S K, Zargar, Abdul Hamid, Saboo, Banshi, Yusuf, Jamal, Vijan, Vinod M, Aggarwal, Prem, Chandra, Sarat, Kasliwal, Ravi R, Manoria, P C, Rabbani, M U, Chag, Milan C, Prabhakar, D, Khan, Aziz, Bordoloi, Neil, Palanippan, Saravanan, Mahajan, Kunal, Pradhan, Akshay, Jain, Dharmender, Murugnathan, A, Dabla, Pradeep Kumar, Desai, Nagaraj, Tiwaskar, Mangesh H, Nair, Devaki R, Singh, Charanjeet, Panda, Jayant, Gupta, Vitull, Sahoo, Prashant, Wong, Nathan D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology; Heart Disease Risk Factors; Humans; India - epidemiology; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Risk Factors; India

Adverse cardiovascular (CV) events have declined in Western countries due at least in part to aggressive risk factor control, including dyslipidemia management. The American and European (Western) dyslipidemia treatment guidelines have contributed significantly to the reduction in atherosclerotic ca...