Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough, says study • High Blood cholesterol news •
Mar 11, 10
Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors’ poor advice, scientists said on Thursday. German researchers said that over 10 years, around 50 to 80 heart attacks, strokes and heart disease-related deaths per 1,000 patients could be averted if all doctors correctly followed guidelines on cholesterol-lowering targets. “The numbers highlight the enormous health implications ... in our findings,” said Heribert Schunkert, who led the study into more than 25,000 patients in Germany. |
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