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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

LDL floats around in the blood stream and is thought to incrementally accumulate on blood vessels in the body, ultimately increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The positive results described were driven almost entirely by fewer heart attacks, and fewer revascularization procedures in the evolucumab arm.