Cardiovascular disease screening Quiz: Ace Your Exams
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A 41-year-old man comes to his primary care physician for a routine visit. He is asymptomatic. He has a past medical history of hypertension that is controlled by losartan. He has smoked 2-3 cigarettes daily for the past 10 years. Family history is noncontributory. Temperature is 37 ºC (98.6 °F), heart rate is 75/min, blood pressure is 134/90 mmHg, and respiratory rate is 13/min. Cardiopulmonary examination is unremarkable. Lipid panel is shown below. The calculated 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is 3.1%. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management?
| Lipid panel | |
| Total cholesterol | 220 mg/dL (6.24 mmol/L) |
| HDL cholesterol | 82 mg/dL (2.56 mmol/L) |
| LDL-C cholesterol | 140 mg/dL (3.00 mmol/L) |
| Triglycerides | 124 mg/dL (1.45 mmol/L) |
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