New Insights on Statin Therapy for Older Patients

Host: Alan S. Brown, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA

Is there a patient age at which statin therapy should be discontinued? Likewise, what does the current evidence tell us about initiating vs not initiating statin therapy in older patients? Joining Lipid Luminations to discuss these and other important questions is Dr. W. Virgil Brown, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Medicine Emeritus at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.