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Podcast: PeerView Heart, Lung & Blood CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast
Episode: R. Scott Wright, MD - When Statins Strike Out: Using PCSK9-Targeting Strategies to Achieve Lipid Goals and Reduce Cardiovascular Risks in Patients With Hyperlipidemia
Description: Go online to PeerView.com/EEG860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Multiple professional societies have emphasized the importance of lowering LDL-C for the primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD and cardiovascular events. Though current guidelines recommend statins as the cornerstone of lipid-lowering therapies, many patients have insufficient response or intolerance to them and require non-statin therapies to achieve their individualized LDL-C goals. Enter PCSK9-targeting therapies! This CME activity shares current gaps in hyperlipidemia care, offers strategies for meeting these unmet needs, and presents the latest clinical data for...