CellWell record HH-1772
ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines 2013
N.J. Stone et al
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 63 ( ยท 2014
In plain language
The 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guideline dropped LDL treatment targets in favor of matching statin intensity to four risk-based patient groups, after its expert panel found no trial evidence for treating to a specific LDL number.
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