Statin therapy for prevention of coronary artery disease. The earlier the better or the longer the better?

Cholesterol lowering with statin therapy has been shown to reducecardiovascular events in a variety of patient categories, rangingfrom patients with established cardiovascular disease to high-riskindividuals with no previous history.¹ The degree of benefitrelates primarily to a patient's absolute risk of cardiovascularevents and to the absolute reduction in low-density lipoprotein(LDL)-cholesterol. The optimal intensity of