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Article: Treatment target needed for HDL cholesterol, expert says.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(high-density lipoprotein cholesterol )
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- Family Practice News
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- September 15, 2005
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New York -- It's time to set a target for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the U.S. lipid guidelines, Ernst J. Schaefer, M.D., said at the Second International Symposium on Triglycerides and HDL.
"We should try to target patients to raise their HDL cholesterol, especially if they have established heart disease. We have as much data today for HDL as we had in 1988 when we were asked to set guidelines for LDL," said Dr. Schaefer, professor of medicine at Tufts University, Boston.
But another lipid expert who spoke at the symposium disagreed. "The time is not yet right for firm HDL guidelines," said Antonio M. Gotto Jr., M.D., dean of the Weill ...