A 66 year old female college professor is seen in your office after undergoing an ‘executive physical’ which included an EKG, GXT, and coronary calcium score. She is asymptomatic, exercises regularly, and is a lifelong non-smoker. She has well-controlled hypertension and takes Losartan/HCTZ 100/25mg daily. Her coronary calcium score is 843...
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Dr Hamid4yrCan consider to start Repatha along with Aspirin
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Dr Hamid5yrI would consider injectable PCSK9 inhibitor as her LDL goal is < 70, plus ASA 81mg daily
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Source : https://europepmc.org/article/med/34232223
The Role of Antisense Therapies Targeting Lipoprotein(a).
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Source : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-33-6827-9_2
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Source : https://lipidworld.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12944-021-01489-7
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