This book provides physicians with up-to-date insight into the latest research into lipid disorders, and the implications of this research for daily clinical practice. Building on the successful first volume in the series, The Year in Dyslipidaemia 2003 now reviews nearly 200 recently published papers from 45 different journals, covering the whole range of lipid disorders, their diagnosis and treatment. The latest clinical trials are reviewed, and new chapters are included on "Disorders which cause hypolipidaemia" and "Gender and coronary heart disease". Specialists and generalists will find this book a useful overview of the latest peer-reviewed literature: truly keeping up to date in one volume, in the interest of more effective strategies for patient care.