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What criteria do you use, if any, to recommend statin therapy for patients with polycystic kidney disease?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
If the patient has an indication for a statin for cardiovascular risk factors, I will of course recommend statin as per AHA guidelines. For low-risk individuals (e.g. young PKD patients) with borderline lipids, we will discuss the theoretical pleiotropic effects of statins with respect to ADPKD. Dep...
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