Present and Future Dyslipidemia Therapies for Reducing Cardiovascular Risk and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence

In the last few decades, statins had been widely used to successfully lower ASCVD risk. Despite the efficacy of statins in reducing CVD events in primary and secondary prevention patients, there is still substantial residual risk and initial and recurring CVD events remaining in these patient groups.

Dyslipidemia Therapies for Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk provides an overview of the latest research and developments in dyslipidemia therapies to combat elevated lipid levels leading to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). A translational medicine approach is used to discuss the background on key lipid disorders in the population leading to cardiovascular disease; clinical trial development of the new drug therapies to combat the lipid disorders and their mechanisms of action; and the target patient groups of the therapies and how they address unmet medical needs in cardiovascular disease/lipid disorders. Contributions from leaders in the dyslipidemia, metabolic and cardiology fields, they offer insights into the research and development and medical backgrounds of the new drug therapies, as well as unpublished information regarding the challenges in unmet medical needs with respect to dyslipidemia in the population, clinical trial development of the therapies and future goals for the therapies.