For primary prevention patients at high risk, such as those with a 10-year risk > 10%, the LDL target is less than 70 mg/dL ...
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Leading medical groups have released new guidelines for managing cholesterol.High cholesterol ...
New national guidance for managing cholesterol and other blood lipids emphasizes earlier risk assessment, more personalized ...
New ACC/AHA guidelines provide updated recommendations for dyslipidemia management, focusing on atherogenic lipoproteins and ...
PREVENT risk estimation starts at age 30 and incorporates lifetime risk, enabling earlier identification of patients who ...
Dyslipidemia is highly prevalent and the primary direct driver of atherosclerotic CVD. In the more than 7 years since the ...
Target levels of LDL cholesterol keep going down, but should we use higher doses of statins to achieve those goals? Hydroxymethylglutaryl- coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, otherwise known as ...
A new experimental pill may soon change how doctors treat high cholesterol and prevent heart disease. In a large clinical ...
The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart attack and stroke are higher.
Study could lead to an effective new option to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes for millions who cannot control ...