Tag: Statins

  • Hypercholesterolemia

    Hypercholesterolemia

    Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in most industrialized countries. Most often, they result in the development of atherosclerosis under the influence of multiple factors especially dyslipidemia. DIAGNOSIS: Screening for lipid abnormality: Screening is done when extravascular lipid deposits (see Chapter corneal Arc), in assessing the overall risk in a subject other cardiovascular…

  • Lipid-lowering statins and ineffective in lowering cholesterol

    Lipid-lowering statins and ineffective in lowering cholesterol

    According to Professor Philippe Even, drugs against cholesterol would be useless. It considers that “a high cholesterol is not the cause of myocardial infarction and stroke.” Five months after he published a book on drugs in collaboration with Professor Bernard Debré, Professor Philippe Even returned to the charge by publishing another book in which he…