This activity will discuss the need to "shift the cholesterol conversation" beyond statin therapy by exploring the controversies surrounding the new ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines, examining the role of CETP inhibition in lipid disorders, and discussing recent clinical trial data with CETP inhibitors currently in development. (Sep 2015)

Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FACE, FNLA (Activity Chair)
Eliot A Brinton, MD, FAHA, FNLA
Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

The Translation of HDL Science Curriculum Slide Library consists of 6 interactive slide lecture note modules and 2 interactive case studies that convey the latest evidence and research on HDL and residual risk epidemiology, HDL metabolism, HDL functionality and subfractions, existing HDL-raising therapies, novel targets of therapy and therapies in development. The HDL Slide Library provides state of the art, peer-reviewed content developed by International experts. (Dec 2012)