2026 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Abstract
AIM The “2026 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia” retires and replaces the “2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol.” METHODS A comprehensive literature search was conducted from October 2024 to December 2024 to identify clinical studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and other evidence conducted on human participants that were published in English from MEDLINE (through PubMed), EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other selected databases relevant to this guideline. STRUCTURE The focus of this clinical practice guideline is to address the evaluation, management, and monitoring of individuals with dyslipidemias, including high blood cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, and elevated lipoprotein(a).
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Roger S. Blumenthal
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Baltimore
Pamela B. Morris
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Mario Gaudino
Heather M. Johnson
Timothy S. Anderson
Vera A. Bittner
Ron Blankstein
Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (D.M.L., B.N.W., J.H., S.C., R.B., S.D., M.F.D.).
LaPrincess C. Brewer
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (L.C.B.).
Leslie Cho
Sarah D. de Ferranti
Eugenia Gianos
Ty J. Gluckman
Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science, Providence Heart Institute, Providence St. Joseph Health, Portland, OR (T.J.G.).
Kristen F. Gradney
Ijeoma Isiadinso
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
Joel C. Marrs
Seth S. Martin
Kellie H. McLain
Laxmi S. Mehta
Samia Mora
Wudeneh M. Mulugeta
Pradeep Natarajan
Ann Marie Navar
Carl E. Orringer
Tamar S. Polonsky
Harmony R. Reynolds
Joseph J. Saseen
Michael D. Shapiro
Daniel E. Soffer
Sheila A. Tynes
Chloé D. Villavaso
Salim S. Virani
John T. Wilkins
Anand Rohatgi
Samuel M. Kim
Karen P. Alexander
Cheryl Anderson
Catherine P. Benziger
Dave L. Dixon
ACC/AHA Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines liaison.
Daniel Duprez
Keith C. Ferdinand
Anne Carol Goldberg
Parag Joshi
Joshua W. Knowles
Carl (Chip) J. Lavie Jr
Jane A. Linderbaum
John William McEvoy
Anurag Mehta
C. Noel Bairey Merz
Vijay Nambi
Ariela R. Orkaby
Jessica M. Peña,
Robert Rosenson
Janelle Ruisinger
Sigrid E. Sandner
Stacey L. Schott
Laurence (Larry) Sperling
Neil J. Stone
Peter Toth
Adam L. Ware
Seamus Paul Whelton
James Young
Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai