People with a recent heart attack who are already on statin medicine may have less buildup of plaque in their heart arteries if they take rosuvastatin instead of pitavastatin, even if they're also...

Even without niacin, statins alone can shrink plaque in the neck arteries of older adults with heart disease, as long as their bad cholesterol is kept low.

Statins do not induce significant regression of established atherosclerotic plaque but reduce plaque progression and enhance plaque stability by lowering LDL cholesterol exposure to arterial walls.

Taking statins can lower your bad cholesterol enough to cut your chance of needing heart surgery or stents by almost half—even if you're not at high risk for heart disease right now.

Statins reduce intraplaque inflammation, thereby decreasing the likelihood of atherosclerotic plaque rupture and subsequent thrombotic events.