From a medical cardiologist’s perspective, how do the threshold-setting targets of LDL-C levels of 70 mg/dL apply to PCSK9-based treatment for CV risk reduction? Did the guidelines emphasize sufficiently, the results of the CV outcome trials?

From a medical cardiologist’s perspective, how do the threshold-setting targets of LDL-C levels of 70 mg/dL apply to PCSK9-based treatment for CV risk reduction? Did the guidelines emphasize sufficiently, the results of the CV outcome trials?

From a medical cardiologist’s perspective, how do the threshold-setting targets of LDL-C levels of 70 mg/dL apply to PCSK9-based treatment for CV risk reduction? Did the guidelines emphasize sufficiently, the results of the CV outcome trials?


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R. Scott Wright, MD

R. Scott Wright, MD

Professor of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Cardiovascular Division Mayo Clinic