Consensus statement on the management of dyslipidemia in Indian subjects: Our perspective

Manish Bansal; K Sarat Chandra; Tiny Nair; S S Iyengar; Rajeev Gupta; Subhash C Manchanda; P P Mohanan; V Dayasagar Rao; C N Manjunath; J P S Sawhney; Nakul Sinha; A K Pancholia; Sundeep Mishra; Ravi R Kasliwal; Soumitra Kumar; Unni Krishnan; Sanjay Kalra; Anoop Misra; Usha Shrivastava; Seema Gulati

doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2016.02.003

Consensus statement on the management of dyslipidemia in Indian subjects: Our perspective

Indian Heart J. 2016 Mar-Apr;68(2):238-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2016.02.003. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Authors

Manish Bansal¹, K Sarat Chandra², Tiny Nair³, S S Iyengar⁴, Rajeev Gupta⁵, Subhash C Manchanda⁶, P P Mohanan⁷, V Dayasagar Rao⁸, C N Manjunath⁹, J P S Sawhney¹⁰, Nakul Sinha¹¹, A K Pancholia¹², Sundeep Mishra¹³, Ravi R Kasliwal¹⁴, Soumitra Kumar¹⁵, Unni Krishnan¹⁶, Sanjay Kalra¹⁷, Anoop Misra¹⁸, Usha Shrivastava¹⁹, Seema Gulati²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Senior Consultant Cardiology, Medanta The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001, India.
² Sr. Cardiologist, Indo US Superspecialty Hospital, Ameerpet, Hyderabad 500016, India. Electronic address: saratkoduganti@gmail.com.
³ Head, Department of Cardiology, PRS Hospital, Trivandrum, Akashdeep, TC 17/881, Poojapura, Trivandrum, Kerala 695012, India.
⁴ Sr. Consultant & HOD, Manipal Hospital, 133, JalaVayu Towers, NGEF Layout, Indira Nagar, Bangalore 560038, India.
⁵ Head of Medicine and Director Research, Fortis Escorts Hospital, JLN Marg, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur 302017, India.
⁶ Sr. Cardiologist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁷ Westfort H. Hospital, Poonkunnanm, Thrissur 680002, India.
⁸ Sr. Cardiologist, Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Minister Road, Secunderabad, India.
⁹ Director, Prof & HOD, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560069, India.
¹⁰ Chairman, Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
¹¹ Sr. Consultant & Chief Interventional Cardiologist, Sahara India Medical Institute, VirajKhand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226010, India.
¹² Head, Department of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology and Research Centre, Arihant Hospital, Indore, MP, India.
¹³ Prof. Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
¹⁴ Chairman, Clinical and Preventive Cardiology, Medanta The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001, India.
¹⁵ Professor, Vivekanada Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata, India; Chief Co-ordinator, Academic Services (Cardiology), Narayana Hrudayalay, RTIICS, Kolkata, India; Consultant Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital, Kolkata, India.
¹⁶ Chief Endocrinologist & CEO, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune 411021, India.
¹⁷ Consultant Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital & BRIDE, Karnal, Haryana, India.
¹⁸ Chairman, Fortis-C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi, India.
¹⁹ Head, Public Health, National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC), Diabetes Foundation (India), New Delhi, India.
²⁰ Head, Nutrition Research Group, Centre for Nutrition & Metabolic Research (C-NET) & National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC), New Delhi, India; Chief Project Officer, Diabetes Foundation (India), C-6/57, Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi 110016, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: Hypercholesterolemia; Lipid guidelines; Primary prevention; Risk stratification.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Consensus*
Disease Management*
Dyslipidemias / prevention & control*
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
India
Primary Prevention / methods*

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Hypolipidemic Agents