2019 clinical trials in lipid lowering

Lipid-lowering therapies play a major role in reducing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This article reviews the most recent lipid-lowering therapy trials, many of which provide a unique opportunity to further reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and ASCVD risk on top of statin therapy, and in doing so further decrease the number of future major adverse cardiovascular events.Although statin therapy has been...