Title:Lipids and Non-Cardiac Vascular Disease: A Lecture Overview
VOLUME: 10 ISSUE: 6
Author(s):Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Affiliation:Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
Keywords:Abdominal aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery disease, atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis,
lipids, statins
Abstract:The lecture covered the role of lipids in the pathogenesis and treatment of non-cardiac vascular disease. The
following conditions were considered: abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), carotid artery
disease and atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS).