Starting with a statin or statin plus ezetimibe to lower LDL led to similar heart outcomes
Adults with heart or blood vessel disease who started treatment with a statin alone had rates of heart attack, stroke and other heart problems over three years similar to those who started with a statin plus ezetimibe (a nonstatin medication to help limit cholesterol absorption in the intestine) when medications were adjusted to reach an assigned goal for low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad,"…
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