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ACS Treatment

Primary Prevention:

Equivalent intensity for CHD-risk equivalents (LoE: A): Patients with established CHD should be targeted for secondary prevention. Crucially, patients with a CHD risk equivalent — defined as atherosclerosis in other vascular beds, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, or a Framingham-calculated 10-year risk exceeding 20% — should receive the same intensity of risk factor intervention as those with overt, clinically apparent CHD.