CCRP eLearning Module: Blood Lipid Management (Bundle)

Presented by Todd Brown, MD, MSPH, FACC, FAACVPR

Disclosures: no relevant disclosures

0.75 AACVPR CEUs

This course, recorded in 2018, will review key information regarding the CCRP Blood Lipid Management Competency, including:

1.) The basics of lipoprotein metabolism and the components of a standard lipid profile.

2.) The data on hypercholesterolemia as a cardiovascular risk factor and the role that hypercholesterolemia plays in the atherosclerotic disease process.

3.) Lifestyle recommendations for the treatment of high cholesterol.

4.) Pharmacologic approaches to the treatment of high cholesterol, with particular emphasis on guidelines for the treatment of elevated blood cholesterol published by the American Heart Association (AHA)and American College of Cardiology (ACC).