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01-03-2018 | Review Article

New treatment options for lipid-lowering therapy in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Authors: Roberto Scicali, Antonino Di Pino, Viviana Ferrara, Francesca Urbano, Salvatore Piro, Agata Maria Rabuazzo, Francesco Purrello

Published in: Acta Diabetologica | Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Dyslipidemias represent a variety of quantitative and/or qualitative lipoprotein abnormalities. According to etiology, we distinguish primary dyslipidemias with strictly genetic background and secondary ones with their origin in other disease or pathological states. Diabetic dyslipidemia is a type of secondary dyslipidemia and plays an important role in determining the cardiovascular risk of subjects with type 2 diabetes. In these patients, insulin resistance is responsible for overproduction and secretion of atherogenic very low density lipoprotein. In addition, insulin resistance promotes the production of small dense low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and reduces high-density lipoprotein (HDL) production. Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Previous results support the role for small, dense LDL particles in the etiology of atherosclerosis and their association with coronary artery disease. Moreover, lowering LDL cholesterol reduces the risk of cardiovascular death. Therefore, the European guidelines for the management of dyslipidemias recommend an LDL cholesterol goal < 100 mg/dL in diabetic subjects without cardiovascular events. Moreover, if triglycerides (TG) are elevated (> 400 mg/dL), they recommend a non-HDL cholesterol goal < 130 mg/dL in diabetic individuals without cardiovascular events. Statins are the first line of LDL-lowering therapy in diabetic patients and combined therapy with ezetimibe and statins could be useful in very high cardiovascular risk diabetic subjects. Furthermore, the effect of a fibrate as an add-on treatment to a statin could improve the lipid profile in diabetic individuals with high TG and low HDL cholesterol. Regarding new therapies, recent data from phase III trials show that proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors considerably decrease LDL cholesterol. Thus, they may be useful in diabetic patients with concomitant diseases such as familial dyslipidemia, recurrent cardiovascular events, and elevated LDL cholesterol after second drug administration in addition to maximal statin dose or statin intolerance.

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Title: New treatment options for lipid-lowering therapy in subjects with type 2 diabetes
Authors: Roberto Scicali
Antonino Di Pino
Viviana Ferrara
Francesca Urbano
Salvatore Piro
Agata Maria Rabuazzo
Francesco Purrello
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Acta Diabetologica / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-5429
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5233
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-017-1089-4

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Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Heart Failure Video

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.

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Autoantibodies against zinc transporter 8 are related to age and metabolic state in patients with newly diagnosed autoimmune diabetes

Efficacy of self-monitoring blood glucose as a key component of a chronic care model versus usual care in type 2 diabetes patients treated with oral agents: results of a randomized trial

Maternal educational level and the risk of persistent post-partum glucose metabolism disorders in women with gestational diabetes mellitus

The metabolism and transport of 1,5-anhydroglucitol in cells

Treatment of mild-to-moderate hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes treated with insulin pump therapy: are current recommendations effective?

Diabetes and number of years of life lost with and without cardiovascular disease: a multi-state homogeneous semi-Markov model

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