National Lipid Association Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia

Guest: Kevin C. Maki, PhD, FNLA, CLS

Guest: Carl Orringer, MD, FACC, FNLA

Guest: Harold Bays, MD, FNLA

Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA

Guest: Matthew Ito, PharmD, FNLA

Host Dr. Alan Brown is joined by an expert panel to discuss the NLA's latest draft document that will serve as recommendations to clinicians for the management of patients with dyslipidemia. The National Lipid Association's goal was to harmonize guidelines among what has been presented in the past by the ATP panel, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines, and those also released in 2013 by the International Atherosclerosis Society. The NLA reaffirms the importance of understanding targets of treatment and goals for patients. Our expert panelists: Harold Bays, MD, FNLA - Medical Director and President of Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center; co-author of the National Lipid Association Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia and co-author of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians Obesity Algorithm Matthew Ito, PharmD, FNLA - Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of the Cardiovascular Pharmacodynamics Laboratory at Oregon State University/Oregon Health & Science University; member of the National Lipid Association Expert Panel on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia and the Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia Carl E. Orringer, MD, FACC, FNLA - Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division at the University of Miami Medical Center; Editorial reviewer …