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Statins have not mitigated the incidence or prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Practitioners should reconsider the reliance on statins for CVD prevention.
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Statins, once believed to be the most important advance in the fight against heart disease, have not mitigated the incidence or prevalence of CVD.
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The claim is based on a review of decades of research.
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The current state of heart disease
Chrystyne Olivieri · International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare · 2019
DOI 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000197
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