[Is it necessary to institute primary preventive treatment in women with hypercholesterolemia?].

Abstract

Limited data are available in women from randomized trials of lipid-lowering therapy for primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD). In women with isolate hypercholesterolemia but no clinical symptoms of CHD and no other risk factors, there is no evidence that lipid-lowering therapy is of benefit. In postmenopausal women with hypercholesterolemia and other risk factors (particularly diabetes and family history of CHD), lipid-lowering therapy may be of benefit. In those women, hormone replacement therapy may be proposed in the treatment of postmenopausal hypercholesterolemia.

• Authors: N Paquot
• Journal: Revue medicale de Liege (Rev Med Liege) Vol. 54 Issue 4 Pg. 240-3 (Apr 1999) ISSN: 0370-629X [Print] Belgium
• Vernacular Title: Faut-il instaurer un traitement en prévention primaire chez la femme hypercholestérolémique?
• PMID: 10389464 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Cardiovascular Diseases (etiology, prevention & control)
• Female
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Humans
• Hypercholesterolemia (drug therapy, prevention & control)
• Preventive Medicine
• Primary Health Care
• Women's Health