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New ACC/AHA Dyslipidemia Guideline Promotes Early Lifestyle Action and Risk-Tailored Therapy

The ACC, AHA and partners released an updated dyslipidemia guideline that emphasizes earlier lifestyle changes, lower LDL-C targets based on individual risk, and earlier use of lipid-lowering therapies; it introduces the PREVENT-ASCVD risk calculator for primary prevention, expands testing for lipids including lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein B, and recommends selective use of coronary calcium scoring to guide treatment decisions, with guidance extending to pediatric screening and different populations to reduce lifetime ASCVD risk.