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Is There Anything More to CHD Risk Than LDL Cholesterol?

Is There Anything More to CHD Risk Than LDL Cholesterol?Which of the many so called “risk factors” correlated with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) actually cause disease? According to Dr. Sekar Kathiresan, genetic discoveries are proving crucial to disentangling cause from correlation. Dr. Kathiresan will present the session „Is There Anything More to CHD Risk Than LDL Cholesterol?“ on Thursday, October 23 at the9th Annual CMHC.

“Our work to date,” he said, “suggests that there are three lipid fractions that show evidence in terms of a causal relationship: LDL; lipoprotein(a); and triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs). In contrast, although low levels of HDL are
correlated with CHD risk, low HDL levels do not represent a causal relationship.”

“The good news,” Dr. Kathiresan continued, “is that there is something beyond LDL. Naturally occurring genetic mutations in four different genes alter triglycerides and CHD risk. In a recent study, it was found lifelong lower levels of APOC3 caused by a genetic mutation led to a 50% reduced risk of CHD… We’re in an interesting phase, where there’s a resurgence of interest in TRLs. The challenge over the next few years will be in proving that reducing TRLs will not only lower triglycerides but also the risk of CHD.”

The Role of Inflammation

In their Thursday morning keynote address, Drs. Peter Libby and Paul Ridker will also address CHD risk factors beyond lipids by presenting their research on the role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and the impact anti-inflammatory therapies under investigation may have on reducing cardiovascular event rates. “The magnitude of independent risk associated with inflammation is at least as large, if not larger, than that of blood pressure and cholesterol,” said Dr. Paul Ridker.

These pivotal Keynote Sessions are not to be missed.
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Update on Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Cardiometabolic DiseasePresenter: Peter Libby, MD

Myocardial healing and remodeling: critical determinants of outcomes
Is there crosstalk between acute inflammation peri-MI and plaque inflammation?
Molecular biology of high-risk plaque

Testing the Inflammation Hypothesis: The CIRT and CANTOS Trials

Presenter: Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH

Can targeted anti-inflammatory therapy reduce cardiovascular event rates and prolong life?
Differentiating anti-inflammatory agents that do and do not target the central IL-6 signaling pathway
Should we attack the biomarker or the process?

Distinguished Faculty (confirmed as of 10/2/14)

Catherine Davis AhmedJeffrey

L. Anderson, MDCaroline M. Apovian, MD

Jamy D. Ard, MD

Suzanne V. Arnold, MD

Louis J. Aronne, MD

George L. Bakris, MD

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD

Seth J. Baum, MD

Harold E. Bays, MD

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

Lawrence Blonde, MD

George A. Bray, MD

Eliot A. Brinton, MD

Rebecca J. Brown, MD

John B. Buse, MD, PhD

Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD

Edward R. Damiano, PhDMichael

H. Davidson, MDHoney E. East, MD

Robert H. Eckel, MD

Sarah de Ferranti, MD, MPH

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD

JoAnne M. Foody, M D

Martha M. Funnell, RN, CDE

Abhimanyu Garg, MD

Thomas Giles, MD

Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD

Robert A. Harrington, MD

Terry A. Jacobson, MD

Michael D. Jensen, MD

C. Ronald Kahn, MD

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD

Sekar Kathiresan, MD

William E. Kraus, MDPeter Libby,

MDColleen M. Majewski, MD

Michael Miller, MD

Mark E. Molitch, MD

Patrick M. Moriarty, MD

Pamela B. Morris, MD

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH

Sunder Mudaliar, MD

Elif A. Oral, MD

Aldo J. Peixoto, MD

Richard E. Pratley, MD

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

Scott Radabaugh

Daniel M. Riche, PharmD, CDE

Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH

Francesco Rubino, MD

Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPHJay S. Skyler, MD,

MACPSidney C. Smith, Jr., MD

Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD

Laurence Sperling, MD

P. Gabriel Steg, MD

Evan A. Stein, MD, PhD

Neil J. Stone, MD

Peter H. Stone, MD

Andra Stratton

Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD

Peter J. Turnbaugh, PhD

James A. Underberg, MD

Kris Vijay, MD

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD

Michael A. Weber, MD

Matthew R. Weir, MD

Howard A. Wolpert, MD

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