new cholesterol guidelines that focus MORE on statins...LESS on non-statins...and ABANDON LDL goals
January 2014
You'll hear a lot about the new cholesterol guidelines that focus MORE on statins...LESS on non-statins...and ABANDON LDL goals.
We've all been taught to aim for LDL targets...such as < 100 mg/dL.
But this approach is NOT based on evidence. This makes sense if you stop and think about it. Statin trials used specific DOSES...they didn't titrate doses to a specific LDL GOAL.
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