The recent prevention guidelines issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology became the center of some controversy during AHA's annual meeting, when word got out that a commentary by two researchers, saying that the guidelines' risk calculation formula is flawed, would be published in The Lancet*.
To respond to the comments by Dr. Paul M. Ridker and Ms. Nancy R. Cook, both from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, AHA and ACC officials held a press conference on Monday, November 18. This is the full audio of the statements made by the experts involved in the drafting of the guidelines.
*Updated:The Lancet article was published on Nov. 19.