Should family physicians follow the new ACC/AHA cholesterol treatment guideline? Not completely: why it is right to drop LDL-C targets but wrong to recommend statins at a 7.5% 10-year risk

Am Fam Physician. 2014 Aug 15;90(4):223-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • American Heart Association*
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
  • Cholesterol, LDL / drug effects
  • Female
  • Forecasting*
  • Guideline Adherence*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Hypercholesterolemia / blood
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Physicians, Family / standards*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Risk Factors
  • United States

Substances

  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors