Heart Scans Only Useful in Prescribing Statins Under Certain Conditions
As long as inexpensive statins, which lower cholesterol, are readily available and patients don't mind taking them, it doesn't make sense to do a heart scan to measure how much plaque has built up in a patient's coronary arteries before prescribing the pills, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
Source: UCSF Medical Center - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
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