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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

21-23 hsCRP is nonspecific inflammatory marker and an acute phase reactant that predicts the likelihood of a heart attack, stroke, peripheral artery disease and sudden cardiac death among healthy individuals with no history of CV disease, and recurrent events and death in patients with known ASCVD.22 J Am Coll Cardiol.

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

There was no difference in cardiovascular death, death from any cause. 3:36 AM ∙ Jan 15, 2023 As a brief aside: The PCSK9 inhibitor class of drugs were approved by the FDA because of trials like FOURIER, and the drug hit the US market with a list price of $14,000 / year.