Course: Could Statins Do More Than Lower Cholesterol in Patients With COVID-19?
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2021-06-03
Practically every day this spring, Columbia University Irving Medical Center cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MS, has received a phone call from friends or relatives in India who have COVID-19. They want to know whether they should start taking statins, which are cheap and available without a prescription in Gupta’s COVID-19–ravaged homeland.
A history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and hyperlipidemia with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality from COVD-19. Observational studies by Gupta and others have suggested that taking statins might not only lower blood cholesterol levels, but also reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19.
Educational Objective
To identify the key insights or developments described in this article
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