Truth: Cholesterol is not the culprit of heart disease?

There is another rumor among WeChat friends that heart disease is not the culprit of cholesterol. A 25-year-old U.S. Heart surgeon in white robes also said that restricting fat intake has created a large number of obesity and diabetes patients, triggering human hope, disaster and serious economic losses. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, was a hypercholesterolemic patient. The hero of World War II who galloped across the board and died of heart disease caused by hypercholesterolemia. The president’s cholesterol once became the main character of the White House press conference, arousing the world’s attention to cholesterol. Is hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease the relationship between how? Hypercholesterolemia is only one step away from coronary heart disease. A Read More …

Multi-effect Pills Have Good Compliance in Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases

Fixed dose compound therapy (hereinafter referred to as “multi-effect pill”) is to make antiplatelet, antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs into a single pill according to a certain dose. It is mainly used for prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and is suitable for areas where medical resources are scarce because of its relatively low cost and good compliance. First, multi-effect pills reduce systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol The results showed that the systolic blood pressure in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 13.4 mmHg and that in the control group by 6.3 mmHg. The total cholesterol level in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 33.3 mg/dl and that in the control group by 4.3 mg/dl. Second, multi-effect pills are Read More …