version of the Guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EAS websites and
hosted on their journals' websites (EHJ and Atherosclerosis Journal). The National Cardiac …

Hypertriglyceridaemia is a common clinical problem. Epidemiologic and genetic studies
have established that triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRL) and their remnants as important …

Background Circulating lipoprotein lipids cause coronary heart disease (CHD). However,
the precise way in which one or more lipoprotein lipid-related entities account for this …

The recommendations listed in the present guideline are, whenever possible, evidence
based. An initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research …

Aims To critically evaluate the clinical implications of the use of non-fasting rather than
fasting lipid profiles and to provide guidance for the laboratory reporting of abnormal non …

Importance In clinical and research settings worldwide, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C) is typically estimated using the Friedewald equation. This equation assumes a fixed …

Objective This guideline will provide the practicing endocrinologist with an approach to the
assessment and treatment of dyslipidemia in patients with endocrine diseases, with the …

A long-standing association exists between elevated triglyceride levels and cardiovascular
disease*(CVD). 1, 2 However, the extent to which triglycerides directly promote CVD or …

The joint consensus panel of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and the European
Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) recently addressed …

Cholesterol homeostasis is essential in normal physiology of all cells. One of several
proteins involved in cholesterol homeostasis is the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 …