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Common Drug May Save Lives After Heart Attack
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
By Jennifer Warner
Millions of people currently take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins in hopes of reducing their risk of heart attack or death. But a new study shows that statins may also help reduce the risk of death after a heart attack has already occurred.
Researchers found treatment with a statin within the first 24 hours after a heart attack reduced the risk of death while still in the hospital by more than 50 percent.
"We were surprised that early statin therapy showed such a striking effect immediately after a heart attack," says researcher Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, professor of cardiology at UCLA, in a news release.
"We also found that statins provided additional protection from other heart attack complications as well."
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Common Drug May Save Lives After Heart Attack
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
By Jennifer Warner
Millions of people currently take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins in hopes of reducing their risk of heart attack or death. But a new study shows that statins may also help reduce the risk of death after a heart attack has already occurred.
Researchers found treatment with a statin within the first 24 hours after a heart attack reduced the risk of death while still in the hospital by more than 50 percent.
"We were surprised that early statin therapy showed such a striking effect immediately after a heart attack," says researcher Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, professor of cardiology at UCLA, in a news release.
"We also found that statins provided additional protection from other heart attack complications as well."
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