Coronary heart disease prevention in women: focus on lipids
Larosa, J.H.; Larosa, J.C.
Minerva Cardioangiologica 54(3): 311-322
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4725 PMID: 16733505 Document Number: 595355
Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains an urgent and leading threat to women's health and well-being. Clinical trials have demonstrated a clear cut benefit of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering in both women as well as men with coronary disease. While the case for primary prevention of CHD with LDL-C lowering is less secure in both men and women, there is little doubt that patients at high risk of CHD, even without a prior history of vascular events, will in the long run benefit from LDL-C lowering. Thus, all available evidence indicates that lipid interventions should be pursued aggressively in both women and men at risk of CHD.