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.
Mortensen MB, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Nordestgaard BG
Journal: JAMA Cardiol
First published: July 6, 2022 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.1876