Friday, February 10, 2012

Early use of Lipitor, Crestor boosts angioplasty outcomes

(Forbes.com) UPDATED 2007-03-25
Two new studies have found that angioplasty patients have better outcomes if they take cholesterol-lowering statins after the procedure. In one study, chest-pain patients who were given Lipitor in the emergency room fared better after angioplasty than those who did not receive the medication. A second study found that doses of Crestor kept cholesterol from building up in the primary artery from the heart to the brain.  Read full story >
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