NOVEL OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH THE TARGET LEVELS OF LOW DENSITY CHOLESTEROL

The article concerns prevalence and efficacy of primary and secondary preventive strategies for hyperlipidemia in Russian Federation. According to the European Guidelines 2013 for Treatment of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease and the American Guidelines for Hypercholestrolemia, the article emphasizes that the main drug class that is effective in prognosis improvement, are statins, without mentioning any specific name. Among the higher cardiovascular risk categories it is possible to use high doses or intensive regimen of the two most common statins: atorvastatin and rozuvastatin. The results of the largest meta-analysis VOYAGER with 32 thousands patients, are provided, showing more success against other statins to reach target low density cholesterol levels.