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Clínica e Investigación en Arteriosclerosis (English Edition) How to achieve LDL cholesterol goals with the funding criteria for new lipid-low...
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Vol. 37. Issue 3.
(May - June 2025)
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How to achieve LDL cholesterol goals with the funding criteria for new lipid-lowering drugs?
¿Cómo alcanzar los objetivos en colesterol LDL con los criterios de financiación de los nuevos fármacos hipolipemiantes?
Antón González-Guerreroa, Elisenda Climentb, David Benaigesb, Juan Pedro Botetb,
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a Facultad de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/Universitat Pompeu i Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
b Unidad de Lípidos y Riesgo Vascular, Servicio de Endocrinología y Riesgo Vascular, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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Given the apparent inconsistency of having potent lipid-lowering drugs and the unacceptable rate of achievement of therapeutic goals in LDL cholesterol, it is imperative to define new strategies. In this regard, it is appropriate to detail the key points in planning to start lipid-lowering therapy, emphasizing relevant clinical aspects such as the considerable individual variability in the response to statin therapy, positioning in relation to high-potency statins versus statin + ezetimibe combination therapy, and the order of choice of lipid-lowering drugs in the therapeutic strategy. An algorithm is then proposed that ensures a personalized approach to lipid-lowering drug treatment in patients with cardiovascular disease and/or familial hypercholesterolemia with the aim of achieving the therapeutic goal in the shortest possible time, taking into account the patient's previous treatment, the funding criteria for new drugs, and the individualized goal of LDL cholesterol reduction.

Keywords:
LDL cholesterol
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Therapeutic objectives
Secondary prevention
Cardiovascular risk
Lipid-lowering treatment
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Ante la aparente incongruencia de disponer de potentes fármacos hipolipemiantes y la inaceptable tasa de consecución de los objetivos terapéuticos en colesterol LDL es imperativo definir nuevas estrategias. En este sentido, es conveniente detallar los puntos clave en la planificación para iniciar la terapia hipolipemiante poniendo énfasis en aspectos clínicos relevantes como la considerable variabilidad individual en la respuesta a la terapia con estatinas, posicionamiento ante las estatinas de alta potencia versus la terapia de combinación estatina + ezetimiba y al orden de elección de los fármacos hipolipemiantes en la estrategia terapéutica. A continuación, se propone un algoritmo que garantiza un enfoque personalizado para el tratamiento farmacológico hipolipemiante en los pacientes con enfermedad cardiovascular y/o hipercolesterolemia familiar con el objetivo de alcanzar el objetivo terapéutico en el menor tiempo posible, teniendo en cuenta el tratamiento previo del paciente, los criterios de financiación de los nuevos fármacos, y el objetivo individualizado de reducción de colesterol LDL.

Palabras clave:
Colesterol LDL
Hipercolesterolemia familiar
Objetivos terapéuticos
Prevención secundaria
Riesgo cardiovascular
Tratamiento hipolipidemiante

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