By Robert Carlson
Although the exact role of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol–lowering medications in managing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is still being evaluated, a key point for patients to understand—and for clinicians as well—is that nonstatins do not replace statins.
“There can still be confusion about this point,” said Pamela B. Morris, MD, the chair of the American College of Cardiology Prevention Leadership Council and an