Early outcomes from a new multidisciplinary cardiometabolic clinic: real‐world experience in lowering low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol
This study presents real-world data on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) management in the first 200 patients seen at a new multidisciplinary cardiometabolic clinic from January 2023, with follow-up until April 2024. The cohort had a mean ± standard deviation age of 52 ± 14 years, 51% were male, 69 (35%) had familial hypercholesterolaemia and 66 (33%) had cardiovascular disease. Lipid-lowering therapies were escalated in 120 (60%) patients. Median low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level decreased with initiation of evolocumab (69%), inclisiran (56%), statin (45%) and ezetimibe (21%). In patients with a history of statin intolerance, 19 (43%) re-initiated or increased statin dose.
Authors
- Krishnamurthy Chikkaveerappa
- Bu B. Yeap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7612-5892)
- Girish Dwivedi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0717-740X)
- Ying Yi Wendy Yap
- Nick S R Lan
- P Gerry Fegan
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (AU)
- Fiona Stanley Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.70334
- Primary Topic
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00