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Could Statins Do More Than Lower Cholesterol in Patients With COVID-19?

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Practically every day this spring, Columbia University Irving Medical Center cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MS, has received a phone call from friends or relatives in India who have COVID-19. They want to know whether they should start taking statins, which are cheap and available without a prescription in Gupta’s COVID-19–ravaged homeland.

A history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and hyperlipidemia have all been associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality from COVD-19. Observational studies by Gupta and others have suggested that taking statins might not only lower blood cholesterol levels, but also reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19.

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Practically every day this spring, Columbia University Irving Medical Center cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MS, has received a phone call from friends or relatives in India who have COVID-19. They want to know whether they should start taking statins, which are cheap and available without a prescription in Gupta’s COVID-19–ravaged homeland.

A history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and hyperlipidemia have all been associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality from COVD-19. Observational studies by Gupta and others have suggested that taking statins might not only lower blood cholesterol levels, but also reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19.

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment requirements] of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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