A 66-year-old man who has been in excellent health, including running marathons, is admitted for a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with a drug-eluting stent to the distal right coronary artery, with no other lesions found at the time of angiography. He is nondiabetic, at ideal weight, and had a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) of 60 mg/dL at the time of admission. Which of the following represents the optimal treatment for his lipids?
[Solved]: A 66-year-old man who has been in excellent health,…
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