| ASCVD | Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
| ASGPRs | Asialoglycoprotein receptors |
| CKD | Chronic kidney disease |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| CVDs | Cardiovascular diseases |
| eNOS | Endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| FH | Familial hypercholesterolemia |
| GalNAc | Triantennary N-acetylgalactosamine |
| HeFH | Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia |
| HMG-CoA | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A |
| HoFH | Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia |
| IMPROVE-IT | The Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial |
| LDL-C | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol |
| LDLR | Low-density lipoprotein receptor |
| LDLRAP | Low-density lipoprotein receptor adaptor protein |
| mAb | Monoclonal antibody |
| MMPs | Matrix metalloproteinases |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| NHEJ | Nonhomologous end joining |
| PCSK9 | Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 |
| PREDIMED | PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea |
| PROCAM | Prospective Cardiovascular Münster |
| RACING | Randomized comparison of efficacy and safety of lipid lowering with statin monotherapy versus statin–ezetimibe combination for high-risk cardiovascular disease |
| SCORE2 | Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation 2 |
| siRNA | Small interfering ribonucleic acid |