Patient characteristics and acute cardiovascular event rates among patients with very high‐risk and non‐very high‐risk atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Background The risk for subsequent major cardiovascular (CV) events among patients with very high‐risk (VHR) atherosclerotic CV disease (ASCVD) remains to be fully elucidated. Hypothesis We assessed the characteristics and major CV event rates of patients with VHR versus non‐VHR ASCVD in a real‐world setting in the United States (US), hypothesizing that patients with VHR ASCVD would have higher CV event rates. Methods This was a retrospective...