The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) issued 4 new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines last week on cholesterol treatment, cardiovascular risk assessment, lifestyle management and management of overweight and obesity.
The cholesterol guideline made substantial changes to recommendations about statin use, moving away from specific cholesterol targets and likely increasing the number of patients taking the drugs, according to a press release.
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