The future of clinical lipidology in the UK.

The article discusses outlook for clinical lipidology in the United Kingdom. Topics explored include the introduction of hospital outpatient lipid clinics that offer diagnostic, genetic testing, and therapeutic services, the development of several novel forms of lipid-lowering compounds, and the operations of medical associations that cater to lipidologists in the region such as HEART UK and the British Atherosclerosis Society (BAS).