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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Heart Health Edition: Pharmacologic Options to Maintain a Healthy Heart
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Thomas C. Gerber, M.D., Ph.D.
Like an automobile engine, our heart runs longer and better when it’s well cared for. In our last podcast, we reviewed the various lifestyle changes our patients can make which benefit the heart and keep it healthy. We’re going to continue that discussion in this podcast and concentrate on the pharmacologic options we have available. Which statin should we use? How do we manage the statin intolerant patient? Does Co-Q10 give benefit? These are questions I’ll be asking my gue...