Although 70 mg/dL is the target threshold identified by both ESC and AHA, should the interventionalist, in a patient who has just undergone a PCI and has an LDL-C of 69 mg/dL, be considered adequately CV risk-mitigated?

Although 70 mg/dL is the target threshold identified by both ESC and AHA, should the interventionalist, in a patient who has just undergone a PCI and has an LDL-C of 69 mg/dL, be considered adequately CV risk-mitigated?

Although 70 mg/dL is the target threshold identified by both ESC and AHA, should the interventionalist, in a patient who has just undergone a PCI and has an LDL-C of 69 mg/dL, be considered adequately CV risk-mitigated?


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Presenter

Keith A.A. Fox, MBChB, FRCP, FMedSci

Keith A.A. Fox, MBChB, FRCP, FMedSci

Professor, University of Edinburgh Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Professor, University and Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, United Kingdom