A Simple Disease-Guided Approach to Personalize ACC/AHA-Recommended Statin Allocation in Elderly People

2016133 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Martin Bødtker Mortensen · Aarhus University Hospital

Valentı́n Fuster · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Pieter Muntendam · scPharmaceuticals (United States)

Roxana Mehran · Mount Sinai Medical Center

Usman Baber · Mount Sinai Medical Center

Samantha Sartori · Mount Sinai Medical Center

Erling Falk

Abstract

Withholding statins in individuals without CAC or carotid plaque could spare a significant proportion of elderly people from taking a pill that would benefit only a few. This individualized disease-guided approach is simple and easy to implement in routine clinical practice.

Topics & Keywords

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volume 68, Issue 9, pp. 881-891

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.084

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 15.08