Unexploited potential of risk factor treatment in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Tinka J van TrierMarjolein SnaterseSteven H J HagemanNienke Ter HoeveMadoka SunamuraEric Moll van CharanteHenrike GalenkampJaap W DeckersFabrice M A C MartensFrank L J VisserenWilma J M Scholte Op ReimerRon J G PetersHarald T JørstadPublished in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2023)
Among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, maximising current, guideline-based preventive therapy has the potential to mitigate a large part of their risk of recurrent events and to add a clinically important number of event-free years to their lifetime.