article_snippet: Statins can cut the number of hospital admissions for heart failure by 10 per cent, researchers claim.
article_snippet: Cholesterol-lowering statins can cut the number of hospital admissions for heart failure by 10 per cent, Scottish researchers found .
article_snippet: While it has been assumed that statins reduce the development of heart failure simply because statins reduce heart attacks, to our surprise this had not been definitively shown before.
article_snippet: Dr Preiss added: ‘It is probable that statins decrease the degree of ischaemia [lack of blood flow] that occurs before a heart attack, leading to a decrease in the number of people with other ischaemic events and reducing the chronic impact on the heart.
article_snippet: Cholesterol-lowering drugs can cut the number of hospital admissions for heart failure by 10 per cent, researchers claim.
article_snippet: A new study shows for the first time that statins improve the outcome for those suffering from a common heart disorder.
article_snippet: Although Cholesterol-lowering drugs are linked to a reduction in heart attacks, this did not explain the benefits in heart failure.
article_snippet: While it has been assumed that statins reduce the development of heart failure simply because statins reduce heart attacks, to our surprise this had not been definitively shown before.
article_snippet: Lead researcher Dr David Preiss said: ‘It is probable that statins decrease the degree of ischaemia (lack of blood flow) that occurs before a heart attack, leading to a decrease in the number of people with other ischaemic events and reducing the chronic impact on the heart.
highlights_snippet: Although drugs are linked to reduction in heart attacks, this did not explain the benefits in heart failure .
  