10 Year Cardiovascular Risk Statin. The american college of cardiology american heart association (acc/aha) cholesterol guidelines replaced the national cholesterol education program adult. A 55 year old former financial services manager attended a cardiovascular risk check, which showed he had a 15% risk of suffering a major cardiovascular event in the next 10 years.1 he asks his general practitioner whether he needs a statin given his risk.
The controversial statement in cg181 was the new recommendation at 1.3.18: Blood pressure 150/90 mm hg; Aim to evaluate the impact of this guideline change on statin prescribing behaviour.
1 patients are considered to be at elevated risk if the pooled cohort equations predicted risk is ≥ 7.5%.
Cks acknowledges that the threshold for offering statin treatment (a 10% or more 10 year risk of cardiovascular disease [cvd]) is controversial. The effectiveness of these medicines is now well proven and their cost has fallen. Ascvd (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) risk algorithm including known ascvd from aha/acc. “the weight of evidence clearly shows statins are safe and clinically and cost effective for use in people with a 10 per cent risk of cvd over 10 years.