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Understanding and Preventing Cardiovascular Disease | Prakriti Gaba MD

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The Mechanism of Action of Statins on Plaque Progression

The mainstay, I guess, of its action is in preventing the plaque progression. But if the plaques aren't having more and more cholesterol building up within them over time, then they'll be stable. And there's this other sort of theory out there that statins also have an anti-inflammatory component to their treatment. So cause that plaque to get better over time and sort of resolve itself because there's decreased inflammation.

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