Key result
Updated NCEP ATP III guidelines establish more aggressive lipid targets using CHD risk equivalents.
Why the study?
Dyslipidemia and associated conditions leading to coronary heart disease are grossly undertreated, necessitating updated guidelines for evaluation and management.
The NCEP ATP III guidelines provide updated strategies for the evaluation and aggressive management of dyslipidemia to reduce coronary heart disease risk.
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May prompt clinicians to adopt aggressive lipid targets with new risk categories; extends prior guidelines but leaves validation of outcomes open.
Robert L. Talbert (2003) conducted a review in Dyslipidemia and Coronary Heart Disease. NCEP ATP III guidelines was evaluated. The updated NCEP ATP III guidelines emphasize aggressive management of lipid disorders, introducing a CHD risk equivalent category, Framingham-based risk assessment, and revised target levels.
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