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A ten-year decline in the blood cholesterol of heart attack patients in Malaysia suggests that statins are having a positive impact, according to an observational study in nearly 49 000 patients presented at the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress 2017 (AFCC2017).
AFCC2017 is being hosted by the Brunei Cardiac Society, with the support of the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology, on 3 to 5 November in Brunei Darussalam. Experts from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will present a special programme.
Lifestyle changes appear to be responsible for falls in blood cholesterol in the general populations of developed nations while statins have reduced cholesterol in patients with heart disease, said lead author Dr Sazzli Kasim, Chair, Malaysian Society of Atherosclerosis and Associate Professor of Medicine, University Technology MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
Blood cholesterol is still on the rise in the general population of developing countries like Malaysia, he continued. This study investigated trends in cholesterol levels in Malaysian...