Hypertension and dyslipidemias represent important risk factors for the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases which have a high mortality rate. Although we know how to treat both, the success rate remains low. More than half of patients need at least two antihypertensive agents to achieve target blood pressure. Also, dyslipidemia frequently coexists and thus the burden of life-long pill taking ...

n engl j med 365;6 nejm.org august 11, 2011 481 other risk factors. Yet a substantial risk persists, suggesting that additional lipid-modifying interventions may be needed. High triglyceride levels and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol independently correlate with increased cardiovascular risk, and data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show that a...

Case No. 1 A 5-ft-8-in tall, 172-lb, 65-year-old woman has a total cholesterol level of 289 mg/dL; triglycerides, 108 mg/dL; LDL, 205 mg/dL; and HDL, 62 mg/dL. She does not smoke and has blood pressure of 122/70. There is no family history of premature coronary artery disease, but both her parents died in their 80s from massive strokes. Her older brother also had a stroke at age 60. She has tri...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) present a high prevalence and have an impact on the morbimortality of the elderly; however, this question is still unknown by the elderly treated in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS). OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of CVRF among the elderly treated by SUS in the city of Goiânia, state of Goiás, Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional stu...