Question

A 60-year-old Aboriginal man from a remote community with longstanding diabetes and smoking presents with exertional chest pain. There is no ECG evidence of infarction, but his overall CVD risk is very high. What lipid target is recommended by current Australian CVD risk guidelines for high-risk patients?

Accepted Answer

LDL cholesterol below 1.8 mmol/L or at least 50% reduction

Answer

LDL cholesterol below 3.0 mmol/L

Answer

LDL cholesterol below 2.0 mmol/L

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Any LDL level is acceptable if HDL is high

Answer

Total cholesterol below 6.0 mmol/L only

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