
SAN DIEGO — There are several new cardiology updates on treatment and concepts regarding heart failure, hypertension and aging, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA, said that “we now have definitive evidence that we can change the natural history of cardiovascular disease referable to dyslipidemia in a variety of ways that we never thought was possible.”
“We’ve always known we could use statins. Now we can use bempedoic acid, that seemingly has some important benefit, and we know there’s