Cardiologist

  Clinical Pharmacist

8/10

Let’s walk through a simple example. Suppose a 42-year old woman with diabetes, an LDL-C level of 90 mg/dl, a 10-year ASCVD risk of 9.5%, and no signs of clinical ASCVD comes to you for treatment. Note how the statin decision tree guides you through the following decision points to arrive at the correct prescription: high intensity statin.