Effect of an Internet Based Compliance Enhancement Tool in Subjects With Hypercholesterolemia

Inclusion Criteria: * Available personal mailbox and access to the Internet * Primary hypercholesterolemia with CV risk \> 20% over 10 years judged by the investigator or a history of ischemic heart disease or other established atherosclerotic disease (claudicatio intermittens, apoplexia cerebri (ischaemic stroke)) or stable diabetes mellitus * Fasting LDL-C level \> 3.2 mmol/L Exclusion Criteria: * Known heterozygous or homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or known type III hyperlipoproteinaemia (familial dysbetalipoproteinaemia) * Documented secondary hypercholesterolemia of any cause except stable diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2) * History of serious adverse effect or hypersensitivity reactions to statins, in particular any history of myopathy