Does it matter how LDL cholesterol is lowered?

There has been much debate about what really matters: how LDL cholesterol is lowered or to what extent.

New to PCSK9 Forum Editorial Board, Dr Brian Ference provides his view.

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Does the Mechanism of Lowering LDL Cholesterol Matter? Insights from Recent Mendelian Randomization Studies

Dr Ference is Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinical Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Director of the Cardiovascular Genomic Research Center; and Chief of the Division of Translational Research and Clinical Epidemiology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

His research focuses on using common genetic polymorphisms (changes in DNA sequence) in Mendelian randomization studies (a type of natural randomized trial) to answer clinically relevant questions.

View his Biography here