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1
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Situations when you should measure lipids?

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  • MI, CVA, other vascular disease
  • Acute pancreatitis
  • Family history
  • Clinical signs
2
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Main treatment options for lipids?

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Statins

Others= PCSK9 inhibitors, ezetimibe, fibrates

3
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Describe a lipid?

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  • All lipids are fats
  • Low solubility in water
  • Biochemically very diverse
4
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Key lipids?

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Cholesterol

5
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How are you likely to come across lipids?

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Fatty deposits in tendons - xanthomata
Xanthelasma- fatty deposits around eyes
Corneal arcus
Milky blood/serum

6
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What we measure in practice?

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Total cholesterol 
HDL cholesterol 
Triglycerides as requested 
Calculate total HDL cholesterol ratio 
LDL cholesterol calculated as requested
7
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What should balance of HDL and LDL be?

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More LDL than HDL

8
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Lipid hypothesis essentially?

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That having too much lipid in your blood is a risk factor for CVD?

9
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Why are statins important?

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They lower cholesterol but they also inhibit the atherosclerotic mechanism and can sometimes reduce the atherosclerosis in arteries

10
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Statins that you will come across?

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Prevastatin 
Simvastatin 
Atorvastatin 
Rosuvastatin 
Fluvastatin
11
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Examples of PCSK9 inhibitors?

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Alirocumab

Evolocumab

12
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Classes of lipid medications

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Statins
PCSK9 Inhibitors
Fibrates
*something else)

13
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Simvastatin summary

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Lots of evidence that it reduces mortality

Efficacy isn’t the best

14
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Pravastatin summary

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Isn’t really prescribed

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Atorvastatin summary?

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One of the most commonly prescribed

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Fluvastatin summary?

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Weakest statin and therefore the safest