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Some Doctors Challenge New Statin Guidelines
They say too many people would get the cholesterol-lowering drugs; heart groups defend the recommendations
"I think it sounds about right," given that one out of three adults in America die from heart disease and stroke, Goff said.
The alleged problems with the calculator prompted at least one prominent cardiologist to tell the Times that implementation of the new cholesterol treatment guidelines should be delayed.
"It's stunning," Dr. Steven Nissen, chief of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, told the newspaper. "We need a pause to further evaluate this approach before it is implemented on a widespread basis."
Dr. Sidney Smith, a cardiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a past AHA president, said that would not happen.
"We intend to move forward with these guidelines and develop effective strategies to implement them," Smith said.
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