A Harvard study of patients with known coronary artery disease showed that there was less risk for future events if the LDL (bad cholesterol) is brought to 100 mg/Dl. It also showed that bringing BP below 110 over 60 was harmful. Ideal BP seemed to be about 130/70 in this study (known as the TNT study). Many cardiologists push the LDL and BP to lower levels with multiple drugs. This study did not justify such over-control, and in fact concluded that the risk might be higher for such patients. Those without coronary artery disease were not studied.
See Family Practice News (click here-subscription required), August, 2009, p. 9 .
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