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by someguydave 2565 days ago
That’s reasonable. Does that mean that another endpoint aside from cholesterol should be the target of control?
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Ultimately you want a readout of CAD risk, and we know that only a portion of CAD risk is attributable to LDL. We're always on the lookout for better biomarkers, but right now there isn't a comprehensive CAD biomarker (aside, perhaps, from coronary calcium - but we can't go around exposing everyone to radiation every year just to observe disease progression).