Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels on Statins and Cardiovascular Event Risk in Stable Coronary Artery Disease 　- An Observation From the REAL-CAD Study

CONCLUSIONS: A very low on-treatment LDL-C level (<70 mg/dL) was not associated with lower cardiovascular event risk compared with moderately low on-treatment LDL-C level (70-100 mg/dL) in patients receiving the same doses of statins.PMID:36104250 | DOI:10.1253/circj.CJ-22-0168

Source: Circulation Journal - September 14, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Toshiaki Toyota Takeshi Morimoto Satoshi Iimuro Retsu Fujita Hiroshi Iwata Katsumi Miyauchi Teruo Inoue Yoshihisa Nakagawa Yosuke Nishihata Hiroyuki Daida Yukio Ozaki Satoru Suwa Ichiro Sakuma Yutaka Furukawa Hiroki Shiomi Hirotoshi Watanabe Kyohei Yamaji Source Type: research