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Mashukur Rahman: New ESC Dyslipidemia Updates Expand the Role of Statins
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Feb 8, 2026, 14:09

Mashukur Rahman: New ESC Dyslipidemia Updates Expand the Role of Statins

Mashukur Rahman, Resident Doctor at Bangladesh Medical University, Medical Officer at Directorate General of Health Services, shared a post on LinkedIn.

“Many doctors still think statins are only for high LDL cholesterol.

But the new ESC dyslipidemia updates suggest a bigger role.

Why this matters now:

  • Statins may help protect the heart in some cancer patients.
    Some chemotherapy drugs like anthracyclines can cause heart failure years later. Preventive statin use is getting stronger support.
  •  We are moving from treating numbers to treating overall risk.

Risk builds silently, even when LDL is not very high.

In real life, we often wait for LDL to cross a ‘clear cutoff.’
But by then, damage may already be starting.

If statins are becoming broader heart-protection drugs — when should we start them in borderline-risk patients?”

Mashukur Rahman: New ESC Dyslipidemia Updates Expand the Role of Statins

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