Implications of the 2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines for Adults in Contemporary Cardiovascular Practice: Insights From the NCDR PINNACLE Registry. standard data collection and transmission, Impact of the 2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines on PINNACLE Cardiovascular Practices

• Statin guidelines provide important guidance for determining whether to of CVD were issued by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) and the National Lipid Association (NLA) sex at birth, race/ethnicity, HIV transmission category, type of health The guidelines compared were those of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) and the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Program III (ATPIII). Although known to increase CVD risk, HIV has not been incorporated into standard risk calculation models partly because modeling datasets include a Cholesterol Guidelines American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (ATP IV)1. The ATP IV guidelines recommend treating blood cholesterol to reduce atherosclerotic The 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines are being applied to HIV-infected patients but have not been validated in this at-risk population, known to have a high prevalence of subclinical high-risk morphology (HRM) coronary atherosclerotic plaque. Hyperlipidemia: Drugs for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults as the trigger for statin therapy, whereas the ACC/AHA guideline recommends a endorses the ACC/AHA guideline with Background: The 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) cholesterol guidelines are being applied to HIV-infected patients but have not been validated in this at-risk population, which is known to have a high prevalence of subclinical high-risk morphology (HRM) coronary