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Aspirin, Statins May Reduce Problems After Heart Surgery

Patients who took aspirin before heart surgery suffered fewer heart attacks, stroke and other problems after their operations, and those given statins had better survival rates, two new studies find. In the aspirin study, researchers identified 1,148 patients undergoing bypass, … Continue reading

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Varying CRP levels in ethnic groups may affect statin eligibility, heart risk prediction

    Study highlights: * C-reactive protein (CRP) levels vary between ethnically-diverse populations, and are only partly due to known differences in heart risk among these groups. * A single risk level of CRP at 2 mg/L may over or … Continue reading

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