Youtube Account: Dr Rob Cywes

I changed my MIND about STATINS

When might cholesterol lowering medication actually be of benefit? In this video I explain exactly why. After a heart attack, ischemic stroke, coronary stent, bypass surgery, or other atherosclerotic vascular intervention, when the artery is injured and undergoing repair short-term cholesterol and LDL reduction deserves SHORT-TERM consideration during this vulnerable phase. I explain the physiology of ARTERIAL HEALING after vascular injury, acute inflammation, thrombosis, and plaque biology, and explain how my thinking about lipid-lowering therapy EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS PURPOSE has evolved. Protection includes antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy, diet, metabolic health, exercise and other secondary-prevention strategies. This physiologic hypothesis is DIFFERENT to long-term cholesterol an…