Colivicchi (Anmco): “Cholesterol control weapon to reduce cardiovascular mortality”

“Cholesterol control and the achievement of target values ​​are the most effective weapons to reduce cardiovascular mortality and significantly improve the quality of life of patients and their families”. This was highlighted by Furio Colivicchi, president of the National Association of Hospital Cardiologists (Anmco) taking part in the event “New cardiovascular prevention strategies in post-pandemic: the challenge starts from the territory”. “In recent years – he recalled – hypercholesterolemia has shown a worrying growth trend. A phenomenon that joins the worrying data according to which 80% of high-risk patients do not reach the optimal level of Ldl recommended by the guidelines for treatment with statins alone, putting them at risk of incurring cardiovascular events or death. Hypercholesterolemia, combined with an increase in body mass index – he concluded – represents a time bomb for unexpected acute events “.