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2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

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Mach, François, Baigent, Colin, Catapano, Alberico L, Koskinas, Konstantinos C, Casula, Manuela, Badimon, Lina, Chapman, M John, De Backer, Guy G +146 more·2020·European Heart Journal

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The ESC/EAS Guidelines represent the views of the ESC and EAS, and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge, and the evidence available at the time of their publication.The ESC and EAS is not responsible in the event of any contradiction, discrepancy, and/or ambiguity between the ESC/EAS Guidelines and any other official recommendations or guidelines issued by the relevant public health authorities, in particular in relation to good use of healthcare or therapeutic strategies.Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EAS Guidelines fully into account when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the implementation of preventive, diagnostic, or therapeutic medical strategies; however, the ESC/EAS Guidelines do not override, in any way whatsoever, the individual responsibility of health professionals to make appropriate and accurate decisions in consideration of each patient's health condition and in consultation with that patient and, where appropriate and/or necessary, the patient's caregiver.Nor do the ESC/EAS Guidelines exempt health professionals from taking into full and careful consideration the relevant official updated recommendations or guidelines issued by the competent public health authorities, in order to manage each patient's case in light of the scientifically accepted data pursuant to their respective ethical and professional obligations.It is also the health professional's responsibility to verify the applicable rules and regulations relating to drugs and medical devices at the time of prescription.

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  • Hypertriglyceridemia is frequently identified in clinical practice, yet effective therapies are lacking.

    “Hypertriglyceridemia is frequently identified in clinical practice, yet effective therapies are lacking. 5,17,18”

    From Targeting <i>APOC3</i> with Olezarsen in Moderate Hypertriglyceridemia (2025) · cites this paper as [17]

    Section 9.4.2.2 reports a significant reduction in cardiovascular events with icosapent ethyl in high-risk patients with hypertriglyceridaemia. The guidelines also recommend statins and consider other drug treatments for specified patients, contrary to the unqualified claim that effective therapies are lacking. The cited passages do not establish how frequently hypertriglyceridaemia is identified in clinical practice. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Physical activity guidelines recommend ≥150 min/week moderate-intensity or ≥75 min/week vigorous-intensity activity.

    “Regular aerobic and resistance exercise contributes to TG lowering, with physical activity guidelines recommending ≥ 150 min per week of moderate-intensity or ≥ 75 min of vigorous-intensity activity, though any amount of exercise is beneficial with a recommended weight loss goal of 5–10% in all individuals resulting in up to ~ 20–70% reduction in TG levels [66–69].”

    From Targeting Triglycerides in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Emerging Therapies (2026) · cites this paper as [69]

    The Physical activity recommendation (page unavailable in our copy) specifies 3.5–7 hours of moderately vigorous activity per week or 30–60 minutes on most days, rather than the claimed 150-minute moderate or 75-minute vigorous alternatives. Section 7.4.1 likewise advises more than 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day for people with dyslipidaemia. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • For secondary prevention in hypertriglyceridemia, second-line options such as statin add-on or statin-intolerant treatments are icosapent ethyl and fenofibrate.

    “For secondary prevention in hypertriglyceridemia, second-line options such as statin add-on or statin-intolerant treatments are icosapent ethyl and fenofibrate.”

    From Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention (2023) · cites this paper as [19]

    The drug-treatment recommendations for hypertriglyceridaemia consider icosapent ethyl with a statin for high-risk patients whose triglycerides remain elevated, and fenofibrate with a statin for certain patients who have reached their LDL-C goal. They do not present either drug as a statin-intolerance treatment; the statin-intolerance recommendations instead discuss ezetimibe and PCSK9 inhibitors. The claim also omits the conditions attached to the hypertriglyceridaemia recommendations. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • ESC guidelines refer to triglyceride levels >2.3 mmol/L (>200 mg/dL) for icosapent ethyl and/or fibrates, whilst AHA/ACC/multi-society guidelines refer to triglyceride levels >5.6 mmol/L (>500 mg/dL).

    “ESC guidelines refer to triglyceride levels > 2.3 mmol/L (> 200 mg/dL) for icosapent ethyl and/or fibrates, whilst AHA/ACC/multi-society guidelines refer to triglyceride levels beyond > 5.6 mmol/L (> 500 mg/dL).”

    From Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention (2023) · cites this paper as [19]

    The recommendations for drug treatment of hypertriglyceridaemia (page unavailable) use >2.3 mmol/L (>200 mg/dL) for considering fenofibrate or bezafibrate with statins. They give a different range—1.5–5.6 mmol/L (135–499 mg/dL)—for considering icosapent ethyl, so >2.3 mmol/L is not its stated threshold. The cited ESC/EAS guidelines do not substantiate the sentence’s comparison with AHA/ACC/multi-society guidelines. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • For secondary prevention in hypercholesterinaemia, second-line options such as statin add-on or statin-intolerant treatments are ezetimibe, alirocumab and evolocumab.

    “For secondary prevention in hypercholesterinaemia, second-line options such as statin add-on or statin-intolerant treatments are ezetimibe, alirocumab and evolocumab.”

    From Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention (2023) · cites this paper as [19]

    Section 8.2.3 identifies ezetimibe as second-line therapy when the statin goal is unmet or a statin cannot be prescribed; section 8.4.2 names alirocumab and evolocumab as LDL-lowering options. But the secondary-prevention recommendation (section IIb C) reserves a PCSK9 inhibitor for very-high-risk patients who remain above goal despite maximally tolerated statin and ezetimibe, rather than presenting all three drugs as equivalent second-line options. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Mach, F., Baigent, C., Catapano, A. L., Koskinas, K. C., Casula, M., Badimon, L., Chapman, M. J., De Backer, G. G., Delgado, V., Ference, B. A., Graham, I. M., Halliday, A., Landmesser, U., Mihaylova, B., Pedersen, T. R., Riccardi, G., Richter, D. J., Sabatine, M. S., Taskinen, M.-R., Tokgozoglu, L., Wiklund, O., ESC Scientific Document Group, Mueller, C., Drexel, H., Aboyans, V., Corsini, A., Doehner, W., Farnier, M., Gigante, B., Kayikcioglu, M., Krstacic, G., Lambrinou, E., Lewis, B. S., Masip, J., Moulin, P., Petersen, S., Petronio, A. S., Piepoli, M. F., Pintó, X., Räber, L., Ray, K. K., Reiner, Ž., Riesen, W. F., Roffi, M., Schmid, J.-P., Shlyakhto, E., Simpson, I. A., Stroes, E., Sudano, I., Tselepis, A. D., Viigimaa, M., Vindis, C., Vonbank, A., Vrablik, M., Vrsalovic, M., Zamorano, J. L., Collet, J.-P., Koskinas, K. C., Casula, M., Badimon, L., John Chapman, M., De Backer, G. G., Delgado, V., Ference, B. A., Graham, I. M., Halliday, A., Landmesser, U., Mihaylova, B., Pedersen, T. R., Riccardi, G., Richter, D. J., Sabatine, M. S., Taskinen, M.-R., Tokgozoglu, L., Wiklund, O., Windecker, S., Aboyans, V., Baigent, C., Collet, J.-P., Dean, V., Delgado, V., Fitzsimons, D., Gale, C. P., Grobbee, D., Halvorsen, S., Hindricks, G., Iung, B., Jüni, P., Katus, H. A., Landmesser, U., Leclercq, C., Lettino, M., Lewis, B. S., Merkely, B., Mueller, C., Petersen, S., Petronio, A. S., Richter, D. J., Roffi, M., Shlyakhto, E., Simpson, I. A., Sousa-Uva, M., Touyz, R. M., Nibouche, D., Zelveian, P. H., Siostrzonek, P., Najafov, R., van de Borne, P., Pojskic, B., Postadzhiyan, A., Kypris, L., Špinar, J., Larsen, M. L., Eldin, H. S., Viigimaa, M., Strandberg, T. E., Ferrières, J., Agladze, R., Laufs, U., Rallidis, L., Bajnok, L., Gudjónsson, T., Maher, V., Henkin, Y., Gulizia, M. M., Mussagaliyeva, A., Bajraktari, G., Kerimkulova, A., Latkovskis, G., Hamoui, O., Slapikas, R., Visser, L., Dingli, P., Ivanov, V., Boskovic, A., Nazzi, M., Visseren, F., Mitevska, I., Retterstøl, K., Jankowski, P., Fontes-Carvalho, R., Gaita, D., Ezhov, M., Foscoli, M., Giga, V., Pella, D., Fras, Z., de Isla, L. P., Hagström, E., Lehmann, R., Abid, L., Ozdogan, O., Mitchenko, O., & Patel, R. S.
Affiliations
  • MultiMedica (IT)
  • Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Recherche en santé des POPulations de Toulouse (FR)
Venue
European Heart Journal
Published
2019-08-31
Volume
41
Issue
1
Pages
111-188
ISSN
  • 0195-668X (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-9645
OpenAlex
W3183857127
Cited by
8,961
References
233
Citations by year
2026: 902 · 2025: 1408 · 2024: 1402 · 2023: 1442 · 2022: 1358 · 2021: 1386 · 2020: 940 · 2019: 109 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
905.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Heart Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
  • Ktisis at Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion)
  • Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Helsingin Yliopisto
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung
  • Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (CL-2011-11-003)
  • British Heart Foundation (CH/1996001/9454, FS/14/76/30933)
  • University of Oxford
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
  • Universiteit Leiden
  • Universiteit Gent
  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi
  • Göteborgs Universitet
  • Berlin Institute of Health
  • Sorbonne Université
  • Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00017/4)
  • Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Sahlgrenska Akademin
  • NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Keywords
dyslipidemia, lipid-lowering therapy, cardiovascular risk reduction, dyslipidemia management, cardiovascular disease prevention, lipid-modifying drugs, ESC/EAS guidelines
MeSH terms
Heart Disease Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Diseases, Humans, Lipids, Risk Factors, Triglycerides, Dyslipidemias

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