Jung-Joon Cha, Soon Jun Hong, Ju Hyeon Kim, Subin Lim, Hyung Joon Joo, Jae Hyoung Park, Cheol Woong Yu, Pil Hyung Lee, Seung Whan Lee, Cheol Whan Lee, Jae Youn Moon, Jong-Young Lee, Jung-Sun Kim, Jae Suk Park, Kyounghoon Lee, Sang Yup Lim, Jin Oh Na, Jin-Man Cho, Seok Yeon Kim, Do-Sun Lim
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines recommend that patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) use high-intensity statin therapy to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels by at least 50%, irrespective of age. However, in real-world practice, there is reluctance to maintain statin use in response to side-effects, particularly statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS). Moreover, no randomized trial has been conducted on the safety of statin therapy in elderly patients...
July 2023: American Heart Journal