Clarify the Role of Statins for Primary Prevention

November 2022

You’ll be asked which patients withOUT CV disease need a statin.

Statins clearly improve outcomes in SECONDARY prevention (prior heart attack or stroke, etc)...or in familial hypercholesterolemia with an LDL of 190 mg/dL or higher.

But PRIMARY prevention is less clear-cut. Tailor your approach.

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Clarify the Role of Statins for Primary Prevention

Get concise advice on drug therapy, plus unlimited access to CE

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