Clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or severely elevated LDL (≥190 mg/dL) on their own should prompt statin treatment based on American Heart Association/American College of ...

Of the 4,632 patients in the trial, 23.4% were on a statin at enrollment. Even among patients with preexisting ASCVD, barely half were users, and this was the case for only 27% of those considered ...