Up to 21.5 million additional U.S. adults may be considered eligible for statin therapy based on newly updated dyslipidemia guidelines, largely due to risk reclassification using the updated PREVENT-ASCVD equations, researchers reported.As Healio previously reported, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology issued an updated guideline for treatment of dyslipidemia and

Updated cholesterol guidelines could make more than half of adults ages 30 to 79 in the United States eligible for statins. Here’s what patients should know.

US cholesterol guidelines statins: New US cholesterol guidelines could make 21.5 million more Americans eligible for statins by shifting the focus from a 10-year heart attack risk…