Test your knowledge on the management of hypercholesterolemia with this patient case study quiz curated for you by Prof Christopher Cannon.
Case Background: A 49-year-old overweight man with a 10-year history of hypercholesterolemia presents for a check-up. At baseline, his LDL-C was 198 mg/dL; his physician recommended diet and exercise interventions and started atorvastatin 10 mg qd. The patient follows a low saturated-fat diet and exercises daily. His doctor tried to increase the dose, but he could not tolerate higher doses of atorvastatin or other statins.
Catapano AL, Daccord M
Journal: Atherosclerosis
First published: March 7, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.02.013