If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a ...

More patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) achieved a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol of less than 70 mg/dl, and fewer discontinued treatment with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among adults with atherosclerotic CVD at very high risk, moderate-intensity statin plus ezetimibe combination ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Ever since statin guidelines were revised to urge physicians to prescribe high-intensity statins rather than treating to a specific LDL target, the debate has continued: is the “fire ...

CHICAGO, IL – It's been a full 365 days since the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) presented their "paradigm-shifting" clinical guidelines for the management ...

Compared with high-intensity statin therapy, moderate intensity statin therapy plus ezetimibe was equally effective in preventing CV events among patients undergoing PCI. Moderate-intensity statin ...

A combination of ezetimibe and a moderate-intensity statin seems to be a good alternative to high-intensity statin monotherapy in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), results ...

Statin dosage does not seem to affect recurrence. * THE QUESTION It's clear that high doses of statins will lower cholesterol and help prevent heart disease. But once someone has had a heart attack, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 31 (UPI) --Doctors are routinely "underdosing" statins for patients at risk for heart attacks and strokes due to elevated levels of "bad" cholesterol, even though the drugs have ...