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Researchers from Cleveland Clinic used ultrasound to determine the degree of atherosclerosis among more than 1000 patients with coronary disease. For the group taking statins, "there was between a 40 and 50 percent reduction in the risk of the things we really care about, like death, stroke, heart attack," said Dr. Steven Nissen, doctor of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic.