Healio

Lipid-lowering therapy for primary prevention of CV events: Navigating the guidelines

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A relative paucity of evidence guiding the use of statin therapy in the primary prevention of atherosclerotic ...
Medscape

Statins, Cholesterol, Women and Primary Prevention: Evidence-Based Medicine or Wishful Thinking?

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups obviously ...
Medscape

USPSTF Final Recommendation on Aspirin for Primary CV Prevention

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has published a final recommendation statement on aspirin use to prevent cardiovascular disease. The statement advises against starting aspirin for the ...
TCTMD

New Review Questions Statin Benefit in Lower-Risk Primary Prevention Patients

(UPDATED) A new analysis is challenging the use of statin therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, with researchers arguing that the lipid-lowering drugs should be more carefully ...
Healio

Aspirin use for primary ASCVD prevention common in older adults despite guidelines

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the study background, the use of aspirin for secondary prevention is recommended due to its ...
Seeking Alpha

LANDMARK PHASE 3 TRIAL (VESALIUS-CV) MEETS PRIMARY ENDPOINTS IN A CARDIOVASCULAR PRIMARY PREVENTION STUDY OF 12,000 PATIENTS

Adding Repatha to Standard Therapy of Statins or Other LDL-C Lowering Treatments Significantly Reduces Cardiovascular Events Compared with Standard Therapy Alone Repatha is Now the First and Only ...