Summary of the 1st ILEP Virtual Symposium on Cardiovascular Prevention

Summary of the 1st ILEP Virtual Symposium on Cardiovascular Prevention

The 1st ILEP Symposium has come to an end. Finally, we are ready to share the official statistics of this event. Please see the attached graph and map!   We would also like to once again thank our Partners – Sanofi, Viatris and Amgen. Without them this Symposium would not be possible. Thank you so […]

Step-by-step diagnosis and management of the nocebo/drucebo effect in statin-associated muscle symptoms patients: a position paper from the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)

Step-by-step diagnosis and management of the nocebo/drucebo effect in statin-associated muscle symptoms patients: a position paper from the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)

Penson PE, Bruckert E, Marais D, Reiner Ž, Pirro M, Sahebkar A, Bajraktari G, Mirrakhimov E, Rizzo M, Mikhailidis DP, Sachinidis A, Gaita D, Latkovskis G, Mazidi M, Toth PP, Pella D, Alnouri F, Postadzhiyan A, Yeh HI, Mancini GBJ, von Haehling S, Banach M; International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP).

EAS ADVANCED COURSE IN RARE LIPID DISORDERS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLISH LIPID ASSOCIATION

EAS ADVANCED COURSE IN RARE LIPID DISORDERS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLISH LIPID ASSOCIATION

We are pleased to invite you to participate in a free webinar organized by the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) together with The Polish Lipid Association, during which we will talk about lipid disorders and rare diseases. We will discuss issues related to the diagnosis, management, treatment and diagnosis of disorders such as familial hypercholesterolemia, familial […]

Efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Inflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis. Randomized controlled trials have investigated the potential benefit of colchicine in reducing cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) but produced conflicting results. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of colchicine in patients […]

Risk Assessment and Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia

Risk Assessment and Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a genetic and complex multifactorial lipid disorder, which increases the risk of premature atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. FH is still underdiagnosed and undertreated globally and clinical strategies for the treatment and management of pediatric patients with this disorder are still far from being optimal. The objective of this position paper […]

Protective role of nutraceuticals against myocarditis

Protective role of nutraceuticals against myocarditis

Fig. 1. Direct potential causes of myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium that mostly affects young adults. The disease is commonly caused by viral infection, medications, autoimmune disorders, and inflammatory conditions. Nearly 50% of the cases of myocarditis are due to post-viral immune response in a setting of an identifiable or non-identifiable […]