What are the potential uses of risk-enhancing factors in a patient discussion?
The potential uses of risk-enhancing factors in a patient discussion include helping to confirm a higher risk state and thereby supporting a decision to initiate or intensify statin therapy, clarifying which atherogenic factors are present in a particular patient, and in some patients, certain risk-enhancing factors carrying greater lifetime risk than what is noted by 10-year risk prediction in the PCE. Additionally, risk-enhancing factors may be specific targets for therapy beyond what is noted in the PCE.