Case Studies in Lipid Management

Front cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Case 1. Moderate-Risk Patient With Hypercholesterolemia: A Pharmacy (P) Model For Decreasing LDL-Cholesterol To Reduce Coronary Heart Disease Risk......Page 16
Case 2. Targeting Multiple Lipid Risk Factors With Combinaton Lipid-Lowering Therapy To Reduce Cardiovascular Risk......Page 22
Case 3. A Lady With Multiple Risk Factors For Coronary Heart Disease......Page 26
Case 4. Coronary Heart Disease In A Premenopausal Woman......Page 30
Case 5. Case Study: Women And Cardiovascular Risk......Page 34
Case 6. A Patient With Diabetes And Coronary Heart Disease......Page 38
Case 7. Lipid-Modifying Therapy In A Person With Diabetes And An Acute Coronary Syndrome......Page 44
Case 8. A Patient With The Clinical Phenotype Of Severe Familial Hypercholesterolemia......Page 50
Case 9. A Case Of Successful Treatment Of Familial Hypercholesterolemia......Page 54
Case 10. LDL Apheresis Therapy During Pregnancy......Page 58
Case 11. A Case Of Xanthomatous Neuropathy......Page 62
Case 12. Unusually Severe Dominant Hypercholesterolemia......Page 66
Case 13. A Case Of Extreme Triglyceridemia......Page 70
Case 14. A Patient With Acute Severe Abdominal Pain And Generalized Eruptive Xanthomata......Page 74
Case 15. Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Due To Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency In Pregnancy......Page 80
Case 16. Managing Combined Hyperlipoproteinemia In A Man With The Metabolic Syndrome......Page 88
Case 17. Lipid Therapy For Dyslipidemia In The Presence Of The Metabolic Syndrome......Page 94
Case 18. Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia: The Case Of Triglycerides......Page 100
Case 19. Management Of Combined Hpyerlipideia......Page 110
Case 20. Fat In The Liver: A Feature Of Insulin Resistance, Dyslipemia, And Atherosclerosis?......Page 114
Case 21. Mixed Lipemia With Striking Physical Signs......Page 120
Case 22. A Case For Measuring Apoprotein B......Page 124
Case 23. A Hypercholesterolemic Patient With Hypothyroidism And Something Else......Page 128
Case 24. Dry Skin And Cardiovascular Health......Page 132
Case 25. Ethanol-Induced Combined Hyperlipidemia......Page 138
Case 26. A Patient With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus......Page 142
Case 27. A Modicum Of Suspicion: Diabetic Kidney Disease And Dyslipidemia......Page 146
Case 28. A Patient With Peripheral Arterial Disease And Metabolic Syndrome......Page 158
Case 29. A Postmenopausal Woman WIth Marked Hypertriglyceridemia......Page 162
Case 30. Combination Therapy Of Hyperlipidemia......Page 168
Case 31. Use of Combinaton Therapy In A Patient With Complex Dyslipidemia......Page 174
Case 32. Triple Therapy In The Treatment Of Hyperlipidemia......Page 180
Case 33. Grasping The Nettle: The Impact Of Lifestyle Change In Metabolic Syndrome......Page 186
Case 34. A Patient With Dyslipidemia, Coronary Heart Disease, And A History Of Statin Intolerance......Page 190
Case 35. Statin Intolerance In A Patient Following A Kidney Transplant......Page 194
Index......Page 198
Back cover......Page 210