T his is the first in a series of12 monthly short articles prepared by members of the Canadian
Atherosclerosis Society (CAS) and supported through an educational grant from Merck …

A basic difference between dietary and drug therapy of hypercholesterolemia is that dietary
therapy can be used as part of a population strategy, whereas the decision to use drugs is …

The clinical trials and angiographic studies of cholesterol lowering have been of decisive
importance in persuading scientific and public opinion that elevated serum cholesterol is a …

This past year, 1987, has seen publication of some important studies of the ability of
cholesterol-lowering therapies to prevent complications of coronary heart disease (CHD) 1 …

A number of recent developments have established that reducing the level of serum
cholesterol prevents coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. An accompanying …

IN the past few years, physicians, the media, and the pharmaceutical industry have directed
much attention to lowering the level of blood cholesterol to treat or prevent coronary heart …

The importance of high serum cholesterol levels as a risk factor for coronary heart disease
and the benefit of lowering cholesterol levels for reducing risk are being increasingly …

Preview The recently announced findings of the Coronary Primary Prevention Trial
unequivocally confirmed what investigators have long believed—that risk of coronary artery …

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute sponsored national telephone surveys of
practicing physicians in 1983 (N= 1610) and 1986 (N= 1277) to assess attitudes and …

Although the management of cardiovascular disease contains numerous controversies,
there are two issues that cardiologists appear to agree on: the link between serum …