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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. In the second case, the authors state the patient died of an MI that was “misadjudicated” by the FOURIER CEC as a non-cardiovascular death.