Cholesterol and Heart Failure Survival
A longitudinal 20 years of follow up showed a decrease in the survival of heart failure patients who maintained low LDL cholesterol levels
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Surprising Findings
Higher LDL cholesterol levels were associated with improved survival in heart failure patients.
Contradicts decades of advice that lowering LDL reduces cardiovascular risk.
Practical Takeaways
Discuss cholesterol management with your doctor if you have heart failure, especially if you're under 70 or on statins.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Higher LDL cholesterol levels were associated with improved survival in heart failure patients.
Contradicts decades of advice that lowering LDL reduces cardiovascular risk.
Practical Takeaways
Discuss cholesterol management with your doctor if you have heart failure, especially if you're under 70 or on statins.
Publication
Journal
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
Year
2018
Authors
G. Charach, Ori Argov, H. Nochomovitz, O. Rogowski, L. Charach, I. Grosskopf
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Claims (4)
For heart failure patients younger than 70, having lower 'bad' cholesterol might actually be linked to a higher chance of dying.
For people with very bad heart problems, having lower 'bad' cholesterol at the start of treatment might actually lead to a higher chance of dying over 20 years, especially if they're younger than 70 or taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.
This claim says that when people with very serious heart problems have higher 'bad' cholesterol levels at the start of treatment, they might actually live longer than those with lower levels.
About half of the people who have serious heart problems also have low 'bad' cholesterol levels.