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...have the option of treating these patients even more aggressively by lowering their LDL cholesterol to less than 70 mg/dL. There was grumbling among some cardiologists who thought that for very-high-risk patients the lower figure should have been made mandatory. It very nearly was, says Dr. James Cleeman, the NCEP coordinator, but the evidence supporting such a move was "just short of conclusive." He expects the results of three more clinical trials, due to be completed in the next couple of years, to settle the matter...
What experts take from this is not that Lipitor is superior but that the official LDL targets may not be low enough. "LDL lowering is the name of the game," says Dr. James Cleeman, coordinator of the National Cholesterol Education Program at the NHLBI. "I don't think you can conclude that one brand is better than the other." Cleeman's group, which sets U.S. guidelines, is preparing a scientific paper to explain how doctors can best use the latest results in their practice...
...chances that they will rupture. Similarly, even a modest reduction in blood pressure decreases the likelihood that a plaque will burst, reducing the risk of both heart attack and stroke. The payoff can be huge. "It isn't just a matter of living an extra day," explains Dr. James Cleeman, coordinator of the National Cholesterol Education Program at the National Institutes of Health. "Avoiding strokes and heart attacks adds quality to your life...