Article on upcoming cholesteral standards

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http://www.drbriffa.com/2013/02/28/are-we-soon-to-see-a-relaxing-in-cholesterol-guidelines/

Jay Cohn, a cardiologist at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, also worries that the focus on LDL levels offers up the wrong patients for statin therapy. Most of those who have a heart attack do not have high LDL, he notes. Cohn advocates treating patients with statins based on the state of health of their arteries, as revealed by noninvasive tests such as ultrasound. "If your arteries and heart are healthy, I don't care what your LDL or blood pressure is," he says

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