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Statin Use in Primary Prevention: A Simple Trial-Based Approach Compared With Guideline-Recommended Risk Algorithms for Selection of Eligible Patients

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease risk assessment tools help identify individuals likely to benefit from preventative therapies. In this study we compared outcomes using the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) risk algorithm and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) tool in the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE)-3 study. METHODS: We compared outcomes using the ACC/AHA algorithm and the FRS with those seen in …

Authors

Khunti K; Jung H; Dans AL; Held C; Dagenais GR; Yusuf S; Lonn E

Journal

Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 644–652

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

May 2019

DOI

10.1016/j.cjca.2019.03.002

ISSN

0828-282X