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Intensive cholesterol control in high risk patients can reduce cardiovascular events by 20%

BMJ 2017; 358 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j4040 (Published 29 August 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;358:j4040

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Re: Intensive cholesterol control in high risk patients can reduce cardiovascular events by 20%

Median survival of patients on long term pharmacologic therapies with statins for secondary prevention was prolonged for only 4 days!
Analysis of randomised trials, Level of Evidence I.
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Competing interests: No competing interests

29 August 2017
Stavros Saripanidis
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology