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$ABVX Whomp whomp, shitty website confirmed, lol 🤣






Esperion’s Bempedoic Acid Receives Multiple Class 1 Recommendations in 2026 ACC/AHA Multisociety Guideline for Management of Dyslipidemia. Read More: bit.ly/4sKYfYf

@AmmousMD For anyone in doubt regarding the role of inflammation (particularly hsCRP), just take a look at these FOURIER outcome trial data. You can literally stratify risk levels at 20 mg/dL LDL-C based on hsCRP values! That’s f’d up! And these patients were only followed for 2.2 years.






🫀 Inflammation vs cholesterol: which residual risk matters most in ASCVD? A large real-world study explored how cholesterol risk (LDL-C) and inflammatory risk (hsCRP) relate to cardiovascular outcomes in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Researchers analyzed 39,638 patients with ASCVD in routine healthcare in Stockholm between 2007–2021. Patients were stratified into four groups based on LDL-C ≥1.8 mmol/L (≈70 mg/dL) and hsCRP ≥2 mg/L: • Low risk • High cholesterol risk • High inflammatory risk • Combined high cholesterol + inflammatory risk The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), with additional outcomes including cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality, and heart failure hospitalization. 📊 Key findings 🔥 Inflammatory risk mattered more than cholesterol alone!!! Patients with high inflammatory risk (hsCRP ≥2 mg/L) had significantly higher rates of: • MACE • cardiovascular mortality • all-cause mortality • heart failure hospitalization 🧬 High cholesterol alone was associated with only a modest increase in MACE and was not strongly linked to other adverse outcomes. ⚠️ Another striking observation: ~39% of ASCVD patients were not receiving lipid-lowering therapy, highlighting persistent gaps in secondary prevention in routine care. 🧠 Why this matters The study reinforces a growing concept in cardiometabolic medicine: ➡️ Residual inflammatory risk remains a major driver of cardiovascular events even when cholesterol is treated. This helps explain why therapies targeting inflammation (e.g., colchicine, IL-1 pathways) are increasingly explored alongside lipid-lowering strategies. 📌 Take-home message ASCVD risk is not just about LDL-C. In real-world populations, inflammation appears to be an equally important — and often overlooked — driver of recurrent cardiovascular events. Future prevention strategies will likely need to target both cholesterol and inflammation.












