This systematic review to support the 2022 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on statin use for prevention of cardiovascular
The NICE guideline recommendation has performed the best as it identified the maximum number of patients (76%) for statin eligibility and this point further corroborates that QRISK2 risk calculator works well in the Indian. Though the FRS-CVD risk score was good in stratifying maximum number ...
The current recommendation is that women with familial hypercholesterolemia choose a contraceptive drug with reduced androgenic activity [99,100,101]. Table 4. Effects of hormonal contraceptives on lipid levels. The teratogenic effects of statins on the fetus have been evaluated. Documentation regarding...