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Under-prescription of statins in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
2017
Abstract Background and Aim Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common disease associated with high cardiovascular risk. Management of dyslipidaemia plays a pivotal role in the prevention of CV events and statins have proved to be safe in these patients. However, in everyday clinical practice statin prescription is sometimes limited because of the concern of physicians about side-effects. The aim of the study was to investigate if the presence of NAFLD affects the prescription of lipid-lowering treatment in a large series of patients with cardio-metabolic disorders. Methods and Results Cardiovascular risk and LDL-C targets were defined according to ESC/EAS Guidelines in 605 conse…