New cardiovascular risk model could greatly decrease use of statins and increase heart attacks, study warns
If up to half of Americans no longer qualify for a statin or a blood pressure medication based on a new calculator updated to better predict their risk, that could lead to 107,000 more heart attacks and strokes over 10 years, a new study estimates.
The research paper, published Monday in JAMA, is the second in two months drawing attention to widely used medicines designed to prevent the leading cause of death in the United States.
