This case is built on three points: 1) cholesterol levels are not associated with cardiovascular disease events in octogenarians without overt coronary artery disease; 2) no randomized ...

Currently, cardiologists determine a patient's need for a statin based on traditional risk factors, using the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE), which calculates coronary risk by assessing the risk ...

guidelines moderately suggest using it as a risk arbiter in deciding whether to initiate statins in intermediate-risk ...

A prospective study conducted as part of the JUPITER trial suggests that preventive measures against coronary artery disease could be improved by reducing both inflammation and LDL cholesterol.

A recent review highlights the gaps in clinical guidelines and treatment approaches for metabolic dysfunction-associated ...

This would suggest that the previously reported inverse relationships of HDL-C and apo A-I with CAD do not hold true ... First, some of the exchange of cholesterol esters between HDL and ...