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- Title
Chapter 2: Pharmacological cholesterol-lowering treatment in adults.
- Abstract
The article reflects on the cholesterol-lowering treatment in adults with the help of pharmacological interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from atherosclerosis. Topics include reduction of risk of adverse cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease (CKD) populations with the help of regimens including a statin, association of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) with atherosclerotic events, and association of LDL-C and coronary artery disease in dialysis patients.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure; CHRONIC kidney failure complications; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; CORONARY disease; DIALYSIS (Chemistry); GLOMERULAR filtration rate; HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA; KIDNEY transplantation; LOW density lipoproteins; STATINS (Cardiovascular agents); ADULTS
- Publication
Kidney International Supplements, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 3, p271
- ISSN
2157-1724
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/kisup.2013.34