Originally Posted by mrfreddy
well, instead of taking statins, you can go get yourself a CT Angiogram to find out if you are even at risk. It's non-invasive and takes about 15 minutes.
Do you have links to any studies showing that CT Angiograms are more effective than statins at preventing heart attacks? They're not without risk you know (they are, after all, X-rays).
The Slate article said that statins reduce heart attack risk in a population by 2.2%. That's fairly significant in terms of the cost to society.
Presumably, the manufacturers of medical imaging devices have a vested interest in promoting their technologies as another way to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. But, I've not seen anything (yet) to indicate that they are as effective within a broad population as statins.