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. 2003 Feb;28(4):8.

By the way, doctor. I'm 84 and had a small heart attack last year. My kids tell me I should be taking a statin. But at my age, I don't see how any medication is going to clean out my arteries and get rid of my atherosclerosis. What do you think?

Thomas H Lee
  • PMID: 12604456

By the way, doctor. I'm 84 and had a small heart attack last year. My kids tell me I should be taking a statin. But at my age, I don't see how any medication is going to clean out my arteries and get rid of my atherosclerosis. What do you think?

Thomas H Lee. Harv Health Lett. 2003 Feb.
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