dc.creatorArteaga,Antonio
dc.creatorRigotti,Attilio
dc.date2011-06-01
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dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/405103
dc.descriptionDespite the clinical use of statins to reduce serum levels of LDL cholesterol and treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a high proportion of patients remain at significant residual cardiovascular risk. In this context, low HDL cholesterol levels are an additional risk factor and intervention studies suggest that a fraction of the cardiovascular protection achieved with pharmacotherapy is explained specifically by the increase in serum levels of HDL cholesterol. Pharmacological inhibitors of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) can induce a significant elevation in HDL cholesterol and, potentially, lead to better control of residual cardiovascular risk beyond the benefit demonstrated by statins. While the use of torcetrapib had unexpected side effects, dalcetrapib and anacetrapib are new CETP inhibitors with a better safety profile and are currently under study to evaluate their effects on vascular lesions and clinical events in patients at high cardiovascular risk. If these studies show positive findings, we will witness a new biomedical advance as significant as was the clinical.
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.6 2011
dc.subjectCholesterol ester transfer proteins
dc.subjectCholesterol
dc.subjectHDL
dc.subjectHeart diseases
dc.titleInhibición de la proteína de transferencia de ésteres de colesterol para el manejo de la enfermedad cardiovascular ateroesclerótica: el segundo acto "Una esperanza que renace"
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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