Cholesterol guidelines tighten focus on early prevention and personalized risk
TL;DR
The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have updated dyslipidemia guidelines, prioritizing earlier lifestyle-based prevention, a modern cardiovascular risk calculator (PREVENT) to guide treatment, and additional tests (CAC, Lp(a), ApoB) to refine risk and LDL-C lowering decisions; the updates also address hypertriglyceridemia therapies and recommend cholesterol screening for kids aged 9–11 to identify familial hypercholesterolemia early and reduce lifetime cardiovascular risk.
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