scholarly journals Unsolved Issues of Atherosclerosis Prevention and of Adequate Lipid-lowering Therapy in Patients with Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Accident

2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 927-930
Author(s):  
S. A. Boytsov ◽  
M. A. Piradov ◽  
M. M. Tanashyan ◽  
I. A. Voznjouk ◽  
M. V. Ezhov ◽  
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The existing system of medical care for patients with acute cerebrovascular accident of atherothrombotic genesis, namely lipid metabolism disorders, the modern evidence base for lipid-lowering therapy in this category of patients and the feasibility of interdisciplinary interaction of cardiologists and neurologists were discussed at a meeting of the expert council of cardiologists and neurologists in Moscow on 2021 July 7.

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 437-444
Author(s):  
O.L. Barbarash ◽  
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V.V. Kashtalap ◽  
N.V. Fedorova ◽  
D.Yu. Sedykh ◽  
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The article presents current data on the prevalence of dyslipidemia worldwide and in the Russian Federation as the main cardiovascular risk factor of developing diseases associated with atherosclerosis. The article identifies the problems of low-level detection of dyslipidemia in the population and insufficient efficacy of lipid-lowering therapy to achieve the lipid profile target values depending on the established risk. It also presents the possibilities of modern lipid-lowering therapy with the use of innovative drugs — PCSK9 inhibitors and the use of evolocumab in accordance with evidence-based medicine. Adding that, the article shows the experience of two lipid control centers (in Kemerovo and Surgut) with the postulation of the need to expand the lipid control center chain to improve methods for providing medical care to patients with severe forms of dyslipidemia. The possibilities of intensifying lipid-lowering therapy in real clinical practice are outlined on the example of patients undergoing treatment in the lipid control center of Kemerovo. Evolocumab has been shown to be highly effective: reduction of atherogenic cholesterol fractions by 67% from the baseline and high safety of such therapy.KEYWORDS: lipid metabolism disorders, statins, lipid-lowering therapy, familial hypercholesterolemia, PCSK9 inhibitors, evolocumab.FOR CITATION: Barbarash O.L., Kashtalap V.V., Fedorova N.V. et al. Intensification of lipid-lowering therapy in patients with severe lipid metabolism disorders in specialized lipid control centers. Possibilities of using evolocumab. Russian Medical Inquiry. 2020;4(7):437–444. DOI: 10.32364/2587-6821-2020-4-7-437-444.


2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1461.1-1461
Author(s):  
T. Rogatkina ◽  
O. Korolik ◽  
V. Polyakov ◽  
G. Kravtsov ◽  
Y. Polyakova

Background:Attention is drawn to the frequent combination of osteoarthritis (OA) with cardiovascular disease. Non-specific inflammation plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of OA and atherosclerosis. Limiting the physical activity of patients with OA is an additional important factor aggravating the course of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Chronic pain syndrome, causing a neuroendocrine response, is often the cause of the development of complications of atherosclerotic disease. Dyslipidemia is the main cause of atherosclerosis and vascular thrombosis.Objectives:To study variants of lipid metabolism disorders in female and male patients of different age groups with osteoarthritis.Methods:Case histories of 90 patients with OA were analyzed. The average age of patients was 63.27 ± 11.31 years. The average body mass index (BMI) is 39.8 ± 3.2. All patients underwent questionnaires, general clinical and biochemical blood tests with lipid profile determination, anthropometry, bioimpedansometry, and the main metabolic rate assessment using indirect calorimetry in dynamics (at the beginning of the study and after 3 months).Results:Burdened heredity for obesity, arterial hypertension (AH), diabetes mellitus (DM) was revealed. AH was diagnosed in 76 patients (84.4%), type II diabetes in 17 (18.9%), dyslipidemia and hypercholesterolemia in 56 (62.2%). Statins were taken by 43 patients (47.8%) - group I patients, which is associated with low adherence to therapy, group II included patients who did not initially take statins or stopped taking them at least 6 months before inclusion in the study.Against the background of diet therapy and physiotherapy exercises, BMI (R0.99; p <0.05), fat mass (R0.95; p <0.05) significantly decreased, lipid profile normalization was noted: total cholesterol (R0.66; p <0 .05), LDL (R0.69; p <0.05), HDL (R0.95; p <0.05), TG (R0.57; p <0.05), AST decreased (R0.64; p <0.05) and ALT (R0.76; p <0.05) in both groups of patients, regardless of lipid-lowering therapy. A decrease in fat mass correlated with TG levels (R0.51; p <0.05), an increase in skeletal muscle mass (R0.60; p <0.05), lean mass (R0.72; p <0.05), and active cell mass (R0.59; p <0.05). The lipid profile in the I group of patients was significantly better before and at the end of the study. Long-term effects have not been investigated due to the short duration of the study.Conclusion:In patients with OA, a high frequency of concomitant diseases of the cardiovascular system, lipid metabolism disorders was found. Non-drug therapy has a positive effect on the lipid profile and the level of transaminases. The decrease in body weight due to loss of fat mass reliably correlates with the level of TG. Timely use of statins contributes to the normalization of the lipid profile, reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with OA. It is necessary to study lipid profile disorders in patients with OA with recommendations for lifestyle modification (diet, physical activity), and if necessary, prescribe lipid-correcting therapy.References:[1]E. Simakova, B. Zavodovsky, L. Sivordova [et al]. Prognostic significance of lipid disorders markers determination in pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Vestnik Rossijskoj voenno-medicinskoj akademii. 2013. No. 2 (42). P.29-32.[2]Zavodovsky B.V., Sivordova L.E. Prognostic significance value of definition of leptin level determination in osteoarthritis. Siberian Medical Journal (Irkutsk). 2012; 115(8):069-072.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
A. V. Blokhina ◽  
A. I. Ershova ◽  
A. N. Meshkov ◽  
A. S. Limonova ◽  
V. I. Mikhailina ◽  
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Aim. To characterize patients accessing lipid clinic and assess the efficiency of treatment in a specialized medical center.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of the surviving medical records of outpatients who visited the lipid clinic of the National Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine (Moscow, Russia) in 2011-2019 (n=675) was carried out. Cardiovascular risk (CVR) and target lipoproteins levels were evaluated in accordance with actual guidelines for the diagnostics and correction of dyslipidemias.Results. The mediana of lipid clinic patients age was 57 [46;65] years. Female persons attend lipid clinic more often (61.5%). 48.5% of patients had low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) >4.9 mmol/L, 7.7% had triglycerides level >5.5 mmol/L. Most of the patients were diagnosed with type IIa hyperlipidemia (44,1%) or type IIb (28,0%). Inherited impaired lipid metabolism was diagnosed in 27.7% individuals. 12.7% of the patients had familial hypercholesterolemia, 57.4% – had secondary causes of impaired lipid metabolism. More than half of the patients (52.4%) had low or moderate CVR, 28.1% had a very high CVR. High or very high CVR individuals revisited the lipid clinic more often than people with lower risk (68.2% vs. 35.4%). Revisiting patients (25.4%) reached LDL-c targets more often (33.3% of very high CVR patients; 45.5% of moderate-risk people) than in ordinary outpatient practice. High-intensity statin therapy was recommended for 32% of patients, and combined lipid-lowering therapy – for 14.8%. Among very high CVR individuals, combined lipid-lowering therapy was prescribed for 38.5%. Given the lipid-lowering therapy prescribed in the lipid clinic, LDL-с<1.8 mmol/L and<1.5 mmol/L will be achieved at 40.7% and 32.9% of patients with very high СVR.Conclusion. Lipid clinic is an important part of the medical care system for long-term follow-up of patients with impaired lipid metabolism, and it is more efficient in achieving target values of lipids and correcting risk factors in comparison with the primary medical service.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
Daria Yu. Sedykh ◽  
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Natalia V. Fedorova ◽  
Vasily V. Kashtalap ◽  
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The article demonstrates the possibility of prescribing an effective and safe lipid-lowering combination of the most tolerated doses of statins in combination with ezetimibe, using the example of a patient with severe lipid metabolism disorders in the post-infarction period. It has been shown that in real clinical practice, patients with acute coronary syndrome and persisting high LDL values are quite common, despite of the prescription of statins. These patients need closer follow-up and wider use of combined lipid-lowering therapy by adding ezetimibe to maximally tolerated doses of statins. Current clinical guidelines allow this to be done when patients fail to achieve target LDL values (>1.4 mmol/L) with statins monotherapy. This approach is effective and safe, which is illustrated by this hereditary clinical case. In routine clinical practice mandatory lipids control is required 4–6 weeks after patient’s discharge from the hospital for acute coronary syndrome. If the target lipids values were not achieved with the maximum dosage of statins, a mandatory using the combination therapy with ezetimibe is required. Keywords: myocardial infarction, dyslipidemia, improved prognosis, statins, ezetimibe For citation: Sedykh DYu, Fedorova NV, Kashtalap VV. Possibilities of combination lipid-lowering therapy in a patient with very high cardiovascular risk (сlinical case). Consilium Medicum. 2021; 23 (1): 70–73. DOI: 10.26442/20751753.2021.1.200604


2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 808-815
Author(s):  
A. V. Blokhina ◽  
A. I. Ershova ◽  
A. S. Limonova ◽  
O. V. Kopylova ◽  
A. N. Meshkov ◽  
...  

Aim. To characterize patients receiving PCSK9 inhibitors, and assess the efficiency of their treatment in a specialized lipid center.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of the medical records of patients who visited the Lipid clinic of the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine (Moscow, Russia), receiving PCSK9 inhibitor and having lipid profile in dynamics, was carried out (n=77). Cardiovascular risk (CVR) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target levels were evaluated in accordance with the Russian guidelines for the diagnostics and correction of dyslipidemias 2020.Results. Of 77 patients taking PCSK9 inhibitors (44.2% males, the median of age 56 [47; 66] years), the majority (64.0%) had a probable or definite familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The proportion of other lipid metabolism disorders, pure hypercholesterolemia and combined hyperlipidemia was 21% and 15%. More than half of the patients (68.8%) had a very high CVR, mainly due to the presence of coronary heart disease (84.9%). The proportion of patients receiving PCSK9 inhibitors as monotherapy was 7.8%, in combination with high-intensity statin therapy – 33.8%, as part of triple lipid-lowering therapy (high-intensity statin, ezetimibe, PCSK9 inhibitors) – 50.6%. Addition of PCSK9 inhibitors to combined lipid-lowering therapy enabled to reduce the LDL-C level to 1.02 [0.62; 1.39] mmol/l with its total decrease from the baseline by 87.3%. While taking PCSK9 inhibitors, LDL-C <1.8 mmol/l and <1.4 mmol/l achieved at 78.3% and 57.7% FH patients with high and very high CVR, respectively. Among patients with other hyperlipidemias, 74.1% of patients with very high CVR was achieved the target LDL-C level <1.4 mmol/l.Conclusion: In a specialized lipid center, PCSK9 inhibitors are prescribed to patients with high or very high CVR, most of whom are FH patients. The effectiveness of the use of PCSK9 inhibitors in real-world practice is comparable to the results of clinical trials.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
M. V. Ezhov ◽  
V. V. Kukharchuk ◽  
I. V. Sergienko ◽  
N. M. Akhmedzhanov ◽  
M. I. Voevoda ◽  
...  

The meeting of the expert council of cardiologists-lipidologists, organized with the support of Novartis and dedicated to the discussion of the existing system of medical care for patients with familial hypercholesterolemia / mixed dyslipidemia, the modern evidence base for lipid-lowering therapy and the practical value of the strategy of early combined lipid-lowering therapy for doctors and these categories of patients was held in Moscow on November 11, 2020.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
A. Catapano ◽  
E. V. Shlyakhto ◽  
A. I. Martynov ◽  
R. G. Oganov ◽  
V. V. Kukharchuk ◽  
...  

Expert Consensus. Role of combination lipid-lowering therapy (simvastatin/ezetimibe 20/10 mg) in the correction of lipid metabolism disturbances in patients with chronic kidney disease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
D. Yu. Sedykh ◽  
O. N. Hryachkova ◽  
V. V. Kashtalap ◽  
O. L. Barbarash

Aim. To study the features of clinical and anamnestic characteristics and treatment of patients with hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) using the data of the lipid control center of Kemerovo.Methods. The single-center retrospective study is based on the data of patients dynamic observation (n = 100) in the Dyslipidemia Registry of Kuzbass in 2019. A comparative analysis of clinical and anamnestic characteristics, lipidogram parameters and therapy was performed at the time when the patients were included in the study and after 6–12 months in patients with HTG (the criterion was the level of triglycerides (TG) above 1.69 mmol/L) and in patients without it. Indications for consulting a lipidologist were high cholesterol (levels of total cholesterol (TC) ˃7.5 mmol/L or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ˃4.9 mmol/L or TG˃5 mmol/L), requirement of the high dose and/or combination therapy of lipid-lowering drugs; medical history of cardiovascular diseases and/or revascularization of vascular bed in patients under 55 years of age; suspected intolerance to lipid-lowering therapy due to the developed side effects; the issue of lipid-lowering therapy in complex clinical situations.Results. Among the patients who visited a lipidologist in 2019, mixed hypertriglyceridemia was noted in 56 (56%) of cases, while 44 (44%) patients had other lipid metabolism disorders without increased levels of TG. A distinctive feature of patients with mixed hypertriglyceridemia is the lower incidence of myocardial infarctions (p = 0.029) and lower number of coronary stents (p = 0.018) in the medical history, despite the initially higher levels of TC (p = 0.005) and TG (p = 0.000). According to the results of 6–12 months observation, a significant decrease in TC (p = 0.001) and TG (p = 0.044) levels during the lipid-lowering therapy was revealed due to the addition of fenofibrate (p = 0.000) to all groups of patients who were monitored by a lipidologist.Conclusion. The patients with dyslipidemia and HTG are a complex category of patients who require combined lipid-lowering therapy, which can only be prescribed by a lipidologist. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 872-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gaudet ◽  
Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier ◽  
Patrick Couture

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Tuñón ◽  
Lina Badimón ◽  
Marie-Luce Bochaton-Piallat ◽  
Bertrand Cariou ◽  
Mat J Daemen ◽  
...  

Abstract Dysregulated lipid metabolism induces an inflammatory and immune response leading to atherosclerosis. Conversely, inflammation may alter lipid metabolism. Recent treatment strategies in secondary prevention of atherosclerosis support beneficial effects of both anti-inflammatory and lipid-lowering therapies beyond current targets. There is a controversy about the possibility that anti-inflammatory effects of lipid-lowering therapy may be either independent or not of a decrease in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. In this Position Paper, we critically interpret and integrate the results obtained in both experimental and clinical studies on anti-inflammatory actions of lipid-lowering therapy and the mechanisms involved. We highlight that: (i) besides decreasing cholesterol through different mechanisms, most lipid-lowering therapies share anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties, and the anti-inflammatory response to lipid-lowering may be relevant to predict the effect of treatment, (ii) using surrogates for both lipid metabolism and inflammation as biomarkers or vascular inflammation imaging in future studies may contribute to a better understanding of the relative importance of different mechanisms of action, and (iii) comparative studies of further lipid lowering, anti-inflammation and a combination of both are crucial to identify effects that are specific or shared for each treatment strategy.


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