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LDL-cholesterol lowering medication linked to lower mortality in high-risk patients
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.126.082436 Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute researchers have found that high-risk patients who had not previously experienced a heart attack or stroke had a lower risk of death after taking th…
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Researchers at Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute reported that high‑risk patients without prior heart attacks or strokes experienced a lower mortality risk when treated with the cholesterol‑lowering drug evolocumab in addition to standard therapy, compared with placebo. The findings come from a clinical trial and were presented at the ESC Congress 2026 and published in the journal Circulation. This suggests that adding evolocumab may improve survival outcomes for this patient group.
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