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.
Adusumalli S, Kanter GP, Small DS, et al.
Journal: JAMA Cardiol
First published: November 30, 2022 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.4373