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A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treat-to-target intensive versus standard statin therapy. The late-breaking results from the EMPATHY trial are presented today in a Hot Line LBCT Session at ESC Congress.
The challenge of preventing cardiovascular disease is aggravated by the sharp worldwide increase in diabetes, which is known to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular events. Better treatment options for preventing cardiovascular disease are needed, particularly in very high risk patients such as those with diabetic complications.
"The correlation between lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and reduced risk of cardiovascular events has spurred interest in a treat-to-target approach in which the drug dose is adjusted to achieve a specific LDL cholesterol target," said principal investigator Prof Hiroshi Itoh, of the Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. "However, the usefulness of the treat-to-target approach is controversial because of insufficient evidence."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170829091024.htm
The challenge of preventing cardiovascular disease is aggravated by the sharp worldwide increase in diabetes, which is known to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular events. Better treatment options for preventing cardiovascular disease are needed, particularly in very high risk patients such as those with diabetic complications.
"The correlation between lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and reduced risk of cardiovascular events has spurred interest in a treat-to-target approach in which the drug dose is adjusted to achieve a specific LDL cholesterol target," said principal investigator Prof Hiroshi Itoh, of the Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. "However, the usefulness of the treat-to-target approach is controversial because of insufficient evidence."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170829091024.htm
