Dr. Timothy Gardner, president of the American Heart Association, also noted the positive trend.

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"We want to get away from that" and do whatever is best for the patient, said Dr. Timothy Gardner, a surgeon at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del.

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"Putting a child or even a teenager on a statin is a major step because that individual may require statin therapy for the rest of their life, " said Dr. Timothy Gardner, president of the American Heart Association.

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