A cholesterol-lowering drug may help reduce the risk of heart failure in people with lymphoma who receive chemotherapy drugs called anthracyclines, results from a clinical trial suggest.
Anthracyclines, such as doxorubicin, are used to treat many types of cancer. But these drugs may affect the heart’s ability to pump blood, potentially leading to heart failure.
In the trial, atorvastatin (Lipitor) was found to reduce the risk of some cardiac changes linked to heart failure among patients treated with anthracyclines.
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