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How do you counsel patients with metabolic syndrome who decline statin therapy and have low coronary calcium scores regarding their long-term CVD risk?

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For patients over 70 with elevated ASCVD risk but no prior cardiovascular events, do you ever recommend continuing or initiating low-dose aspirin?

Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication

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Would you pursue a colonoscopy for a patient in their 20s with constipation and rectal bleeding if they had a first-degree relative who died young from a "carcinoid tumor"?

How do you risk-stratify this otherwise low-risk young patient given the lack of specific guidelines for this rare cancer? Additionally, at what point...

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How do you integrate HIV (+) serostatus into a patient's ASCVD if they would not otherwise qualify for a statin either for primary or secondary prophylaxis?

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Journal of clinical lipidology, 2022 Sep 11

Assessment and management of statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS): A clinical perspective from the National Lipid Association.

AIDS (London, England), 2025 May 23

Risks for sudden cardiac and undetermined cause of death among people with HIV in the REPRIEVE primary cardiovascular prevention trial.

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