How do you stratify your patients with known ASCVD to determine their eligibility for PCSK9 inhibitors, and are there some patients that you would characterize as ultra-high risk and, therefore, requiring LDL-C lowering to less than 70 mg/dL?

How do you stratify your patients with known ASCVD to determine their eligibility for PCSK9 inhibitors, and are there some patients that you would characterize as ultra-high risk and, therefore, requiring LDL-C lowering to less than 70 mg/dL?

How do you stratify your patients with known ASCVD to determine their eligibility for PCSK9 inhibitors, and are there some patients that you would characterize as ultra-high risk and, therefore, requiring LDL-C lowering to less than 70 mg/dL?


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Presenter

Matthew Roe, MD

Matthew Roe, MD

Professor of Medicine Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC