Mohamed Zakaria Khalil
Objectives: Clinical application of #ACC17 highlights towards State-of-Art cardiology practice is the motive for this article. The novel new therapeutic pathway thru inhibition of PCSK9 is the current breakthrough in lowering LDLCholesterol (LDL-C) to desired levels, however, robust clinical cardiovascular outcomes evidence is still at large.
Methods: Extraction and analysis of the documented published medical literature on LDL-C in view of novel therapeutic PCSK9. Inhibitors capability in lowering LDL cholesterol that has been remarkably shown by FOURIER trial investigators to be safe and effective.
Results: LDL-C is reduced to very low levels of 20-30 mg/dL in patients with high risk for vascular thrombosis. Two percent (~2%) absolute risk reduction is observed in clinical outcomes. In patients treated to very low levels of LDL-C, 2.9% developed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) compared to 4% in the placebo arm.
Conclusion: PCSK9 inhibition is effective and safe in lowering LDL-C to very low levels in high risk patients with modest reduction in clinical outcomes despite control of other risk factors.
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