More heart attacks and strokes when cholesterol-lowering prescription rejected or unfilled

(The Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation) Individuals at high risk for cardiovascular events had more heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events when they were unable to obtain their prescribed LDL-cholesterol lowering medication. In a new study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, researchers with the FH Foundation found that individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or atherosclerotic heart disease (ASCVD) whose PCSK9 inhibitors (PCSK9is) were rejecte...