[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol lowering drugs

KR Feingold - 2016 - europepmc.org
There are currently eight different classes of drugs available for lowering cholesterol levels.
There are currently seven HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) approved for lowering …

HIV-associated cardiovascular disease pathogenesis: an emerging understanding through imaging and immunology

JA Hudson, RA Ferrand, SN Gitau… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac abnormalities were identified early in the epidemic of AIDS, predating the isolation
and characterization of the etiologic agent, HIV. Several decades later, the causation and …

Nurse-Led Strategy to Improve Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Level Among People With HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial

CT Longenecker, KA Jones, CO Hileman… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite higher atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, people with
HIV (PWH) experience unique barriers to ASCVD prevention, such as changing models of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual participant …

C Reith, D Preiss, L Blackwell, J Emberson… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Previous meta-analyses of summary data from randomised controlled trials
have shown that statin therapy increases the risk of diabetes, but less is known about the …

HIV-Associated Hypertension: Risks, Mechanisms, and Knowledge Gaps

P Prakash, BS Swami Vetha, R Chakraborty… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
HIV type 1 (HIV-1) is the causative agent of AIDS. Since the start of the epidemic, HIV/AIDS
has been responsible for≈ 40 million deaths. Additionally, an estimated 39 million people …

Connection Between HIV and Mitochondria in Cardiovascular Disease and Implications for Treatments

AO Hinton Jr, AU N'jai, Z Vue, C Wanjalla - Circulation Research, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy alter mitochondrial function, which can progressively
lead to mitochondrial damage and accelerated aging. The interaction between persistent …

Inflammation in HIV and its impact on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

LM Obare, T Temu, SA Mallal, CN Wanjalla - Circulation research, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
People living with HIV have a 1.5-to 2-fold increased risk of developing cardiovascular
disease. Despite treatment with highly effective antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV …

Exercise to prevent accelerated vascular aging in people living with HIV

R Jones, AT Robinson, LB Beach, ML Lindsey… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Given advances in antiretroviral therapy, the mortality rate for HIV infection has dropped
considerably over recent decades. However, people living with HIV (PLWH) experience …

[HTML][HTML] The importance of LDL-C lowering in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention: Lower for longer is better

O Mhaimeed, ZA Burney, SL Schott, P Kohli… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cumulative exposure to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a key driver of
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. An armamentarium of therapies to …

Cardiac and renal comorbidities in aging people living with HIV

K McCutcheon, U Nqebelele, L Murray… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Contemporary World Health Organization data indicates that≈ 39 million people are living
with the human immunodeficiency virus. Of these, 24 million have been reported to have …