New American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association cholesterol treatment guidelines: subjects with Type 2 diabetes are under treated with high-intensity statins

Diabet Med. 2014 Jul;31(7):879-80. doi: 10.1111/dme.12420.

Authors

N J Tripolt¹, H Sourij

Affiliation

¹ Medical University of Graz, Cardiovascular Diabetology Research Group, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graz, Austria.

PMID: 24612178
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12420

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

American Heart Association
Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
Atherosclerosis / blood
Atherosclerosis / etiology
Atherosclerosis / prevention & control*
Cholesterol / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
Diabetic Angiopathies / blood
Diabetic Angiopathies / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Hypercholesterolemia / blood
Hypercholesterolemia / prevention & control*
Male
Middle Aged
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
United States

Substances

Anticholesteremic Agents
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Cholesterol