New ACC/AHA Guideline on Lipid Management and ASCVD Prevention

For the first time since 2018, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have released an updated guideline on lipid management and the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The new guideline reframes lipid management as a lifelong strategy, moving beyond traditional 10-year ASCVD risk estimation to an emphasis on lifetime risk, cumulative LDL cholesterol exposure, and subclinical atherosclerosis. Central to this shift is adoption of the PREVENT risk calculator, which can be used in patients as young as 30 and can predict both 10-year and 30-year ASCVD risk. The g…