VIDEO: Updated USPSTF statin guidelines can help PCPs prevent CVD

In August, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a new recommendation statement on the use of statin therapy for primary prevention of CVD.
Like its 2016 guidelines, the USPSTF recommended statins as primary prevention for adults aged 40 to 75 years with at least one CVD risk factor and a 10% or greater 10-year risk for CVD.
Speaking to Healio, John B. Wong, MD, USPSTF member, vice chair for Academic Affairs, chief of the division of clinical decision making and professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, discussed how statins are “an important tool for the

In August, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a new recommendation statement on the use of statin therapy for primary prevention of CVD.
Like its 2016 guidelines, the USPSTF recommended statins as primary prevention for adults aged 40 to 75 years with at least one CVD risk factor and a 10% or greater 10-year risk for CVD.
Speaking to Healio, John B. Wong, MD, USPSTF member, vice chair for Academic Affairs, chief of the division of clinical decision making and professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, discussed how statins are “an important tool for the