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A Multidisciplinary Overview of Peripheral Artery Disease: Part 2

Cardiac Consult: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast for Healthcare Professionals

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How Low Is Too Low for LDL Cholesterol?

In all practicality if we get into the low single the single digits for LDL cholesterol then I might say yes you can cut your statin, your suvis statin from 40 to 20 but we're definitely not getting people off of it at that point. There is another medication river oxaban in a dose that I think some physicians may not be familiar with its availability and some patients may not know about it. Tell us a little bit about that medication how we've used that to optimize care and prevent heart attacks and strokes with people who've got narrowed arteries in the leg.

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