Combination of drugs could prevent thousands of heart attacks, study suggests

Data from 36,000 patients who had a heart attack between 2015 and 2022, according to the Swedish registry, was used along with advanced statistical models to emulate a clinical trial

The international team of scientists looked at ways to tackle cardiovascular disease, which counts heart attacks – myocardial infarction – as the most common acute event. File Picture: Andrew Parsons/PA Wire

Giving patients a combination of drugs earlier in their treatment could prevent thousands of heart attacks, according to a new study.

Patients should be treated earlier with statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe, researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London said.