2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult – 2009 recommendations

• Published in: Canadian journal of cardiology Vol. 25; no. 10; pp. 567 - 579
• Main Authors: Genest, Jacques, MD, McPherson, Ruth, MD PhD, Frohlich, Jiri, MD, Anderson, Todd, MD, Campbell, Norm, MD, Carpentier, André, MD, Couture, Patrick, MD, Dufour, Robert, MD, Fodor, George, MD, Francis, Gordon A., MD, Grover, Steven, MD, Gupta, Milan, MD, Hegele, Robert A., MD, Lau, David C., MD, Leiter, Lawrence, MD, Lewis, Gary F., MD, Lonn, Eva, MD, John Mancini, G.B., MD, Ng, Dominic, MD PhD, Pearson, Glen J, Sniderman, Allan, MD, Stone, James A., MD PhD, Ur, Ehud, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.10.2009; Pulsus Group Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Atherosclerosis; Canada; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Cardiovascular risk factors; Cholesterol; Congresses as Topic; Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; Dyslipidemia; Dyslipidemias - complications; Dyslipidemias - diagnosis; Dyslipidemias - drug therapy; Humans; Hypolipidemic Agents - therapeutic use; Lipids; Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards; Risk Assessment - methods; Secondary prevention; Societies, Medical; Special; Canada; Cardiovascular risk factors; Atherosclerosis; Dyslipidemia; Secondary prevention; Lipids; Coronary artery disease; Cholesterol
• ISSN: 0828-282X; 1916-7075
• DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70715-9

The present article represents the 2009 update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult.