A previous version seemed to recommend statins for everyone over a certain age. I decided to plug in the optimal values, conveniently stated in a footnote beneath the data entry fields, for a 65-year-old man. Here is what the data entry looks like.
As you can see below, the risk calculator recommends "moderate to high-intensity statin therapy."
Below the recommendation, it says, "Adults 40 to 75 years of age with LDL-C 70 to 189 mg/dL with no diabetes and estimated 10-year ASCVD risk ?7.5% should be treated with moderate to high-intensity statin therapy." This is a apparently high-level (A1) evidence-based recommendation.
What am I not understanding here?
I would very much appreciate it if some cardiologists would comment and explain to me how such a sweeping recommendation came to be.
Is this accepted as gospel? Do all cardiologists recommend statins in the above situation?
"https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-vkxhKfU_hKs%2FVS5LRUgvIiI%2FAAAAAAAAAp0%2FDKKZbGMoOnk%2Fs1600%2Fcardiac%252Brisk%252Btweet.JPG&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCgHHM4TJw21h62zEhz3IQDlTnN7DI_HERgpyox4aVo54NALDIc3De8AMnY9Cg7iWTigIEexaUOG9IbNAkSbLLXn0LVGikddjf5OwiL3hyphenhyphenRjNTOW4x7imnr7SmgIY7YXd1wGLZNefH1s/s1600/cardiac+risk+tweet.JPG" -->
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar