Laboratory diagnosis of lipid metabolism disorders and the development of atherosclerosis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34687/2219-8202.JAD.2021.04.0001Keywords:
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia, low-density lipoproteins, hypertriglyceridemia, cardiovascular risk, laboratory diagnostics.Abstract
The draft joint document proposed for discussion by the Federation of Laboratory Medicine of Russia and the National Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis and aimed at improving laboratory diagnosis of atherogenic dyslipidemia and indicators of atherosclerosis progression, introduction of a modern arsenal of laboratory tests into broad clinical practice and representing modern methods of diagnosing lipid exchange disorders, with agreed assessments of reference intervals, target levels and thresholds, are presented; at the possibility of standardizing the methods of laboratory diagnosis of lipid-exchange disorders agreed with national recommendations for the management of patients with cardiovascular diseases.