2026 Lipid Guidelines Use PREVENT Scores to Tailor Therapy
TL;DR
The 2026 American dyslipidemia guideline endorses PREVENT-ASCVD risk equations to guide primary prevention therapy and suggests considering lipid-lowering treatment for adults at intermediate risk based on a 10-year PREVENT-ASCVD risk, with additional considerations for borderline risk and for patients with moderate subclinical atherosclerosis, aiming to lower LDL cholesterol.
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