For some people who've had a heart transplant, taking PCSK9 inhibitor drugs might help keep the inside of their heart's blood vessels from getting narrower over time.

For people who've had a heart transplant and can't take cholesterol pills like statins, a newer medicine called a PCSK9 inhibitor might help lower their bad cholesterol by about 83 points over a year.

People who got a new heart and took a drug called a PCSK9 inhibitor didn’t have serious side effects from the medicine — in fact, none of the 97 patients studied had problems caused by the drug over nearly two years.

Heart transplant patients taking PCSK9 inhibitor drugs don’t seem to develop harmful immune reactions to their new heart in the first month, which means their body isn’t showing early signs of rejecting it.

If you've had a heart transplant and start taking a PCSK9 inhibitor for cholesterol, it probably won't mess with your anti-rejection medication levels.

These cholesterol drugs, called PCSK9 inhibitors, probably help lower bad cholesterol in many types of patients — more than fake pills or other cholesterol medicines.