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Hyperlipidemia in older adults.

Department of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals, 1153 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02130, USA.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (impact factor: 2.48). 11/2009; 25(4):591-606, vii. DOI:10.1016/j.cger.2009.08.001 pp.591-606, vii
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ABSTRACT Older adults carry the highest risk for coronary artery disease and the highest burden of atherosclerosis. Although most clinical trials of cholesterol-lowering therapy have not specifically targeted older persons, growing evidence supports treatment of elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in older patients, especially those at high risk for coronary events. The decision to treat a high or high-normal cholesterol level in an elderly individual must be individualized based on chronologic and physiologic age. This article summarizes current data on lipid-lowering therapy in older adults and the management of hyperlipidemia in elderly patients.

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Keywords

article summarizes current data
 
chronologic
 
clinical trials
 
coronary artery disease
 
high-normal cholesterol level
 
highest burden
 
highest risk
 
lipid-lowering therapy
 
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels
 

Farhan Aslam