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ReviewJournal of lipids2018

Safety and Efficacy of Extremely Low LDL-Cholesterol Levels and Its Prospects in Hyperlipidemia Management.

Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Arshna Qureshi, Sudeshna Ghosh, Kumar Ashish, Lyndsey R Heise, Adrija Hajra, Raktim K Ghosh

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Review in Journal of lipids, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dhrubajyoti BandyopadhyayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai St Luke's Roosevelt, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0709-4324
Arshna QureshiDepartment of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Sudeshna GhoshIPGMER, Kolkata, India.
Kumar AshishThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Lyndsey R HeiseDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Adrija HajraDepartment of Internal Medicine, IPGMER, Kolkata, India.
Raktim K GhoshDivision of Cardiovascular Diseases, Metrohealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of cardiovascular disease has been reported to have a linear relationship with LDL levels. Additionally, the currently recommended LDL target goal of 70 mg/dl does not diminish the CV risk entirely leaving behind some residual risk. Previous attempts to maximally lower the LDL levels with statin monotherapy have met dejection due to the increased side effects associated with the treatment. Nevertheless, with the new advancements in clinical medicine, it has now become possible to bring down the LDL levels to as low as 15 mg/dl using PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies alone or in combination with statins. The development of inclisiran, siRNA silencer targeting PCSK9 gene, is a one step forward in these endeavors. Moreover, various studies aiming to lower the CV risk and mortality by lowering LDL levels have demonstrated encouraging results. The current challenge is to explore this arena to redefine the target LDL levels, if required, to avoid any suboptimal treatment. After thorough literature search in the PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar, we present this article to provide a brief overview of the safety and efficacy of lowering LDL below the current goal.

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PMCPMC5937425

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