André Zimerman
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André Zimerman
@andrezimerman.bsky.social
Cardiologist, MD, PhD | Head, Clinical Trials Unit (ARO), Hosp. Moinhos de Vento 🇧🇷 | Professor, Postgrad Cardiology, UFRGS 🇧🇷 | Fellowship, TIMI Study Group, BWH/HMS 🇺🇸 | Lipids, Trials, Cardiology
3⃣ No meaningful differences between the two originally randomized groups over time.
December 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
2⃣ No association between cognitive change and LDL-C in patients who transitioned to evolocumab.

(Even in patients with LDL-C <25 mg/dL.)
December 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
1⃣ There was no meaningful cognitive decline up to 7.2 years of follow-up.
December 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Now, for the first time, we followed:

- Hundreds of patients
- For over 7 years
- On evolocumab + statin (median LDL-C ~35 mg/dL)

This is an open-label extension analysis of the EBBINGHAUS study from the FOURIER trial.

These are the 3 takeaways 👇
December 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Many "influencers" say that lipid-lowering therapies cause dementia.

This is despite the fact that brain cells generate their own cholesterol.

And despite reassuring short-term randomized trials.
December 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
"Does lowering LDL-C to very low levels result in long-term cognitive impairment?" 🧠🫀

I've heard this question many times.

Now we have long-term data.

A 🧵 on our new NEJM Evidence paper: evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 26, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Thank you #CVCTForum for the opportunity to talk about clinical trials in LATAM.

Exciting time for global cardiovascular trials 🌎
December 11, 2024 at 11:00 PM