Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease—With PREVENT, What’s a Clinician to Do?
Sadiya S. Khan, Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones
Abstract
This Viewpoint explores decision thresholds and the evidence that informs them as well as how clinicians may respond to an updated risk estimation model, such as the Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs equations.
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePrimary preventionDiseaseIntensive care medicineAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseRisk assessmentInternal medicineComputer scienceComputer securityLipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins