By SPC News Staff
SAN ANTONIO—A real-world retrospective analysis by the Family Heart Foundation found that high-risk Americans who do not maintain the recommended low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels had a 44% higher rate of cardiovascular events compared with those who achieved and maintained recommended LDL-C levels, according to a presentation at AMCP 2023 (presentation 17).
According to the 2018 multidisciplinary cholesterol treatment guidelines by the American