Heart Failure - Do statins help or hurt?

What is the relationship between statins and heart failure? Do statins help or hurt? I explore these questions in this video.

References and consulted articles:

[1] Heart failure may worsen with statins, study says
https://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/05...
Health.com 11/5/2009

[2] Statin-Associated Cardiomyopathy Responds to Statin Withdrawal and Administration of Coenzyme Q10
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Permanente Journal Aug 2019

[3] No benefits of statins for sudden cardiac death prevention in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
PLOS One February 2017

[4] Statin Therapy in Patients with Diastolic Heart Failure - Time for a Large, Randomised Study?
https://www.ecrjournal.com/articles/s...
European Cardiology Review 2007

Formal Citation for [4]:
Marek Roik, Malgorzata H Starczewska, Grzegorz Opolski
Statin Therapy in Patients with Diastolic Heart Failure - Time for a Large, Randomised Study?
European Cardiovascular Disease 2007;3(1):120–2
https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2007.0.1...

[5] Statins lower cholesterol, but not necessarily heart attack risk, study finds
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/...
UPI Health March 2022

[6] Have the benefits of statins been overstated?
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clin...
News GP March 2022

[7] Report finds many heart tests, treatments are unnecessary
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/...
UPI Health Feb 2022

[8] Evaluating the Association Between LDL-C Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
JAMA, March 2022

[9] What’s the Difference Between a Heart Attack and Heart Failure?
https://www.healthline.com/health/hea...
HealthLine.com May 2021

[10] Heart Attack Diagram
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Unmodified from Blausen Medical Communications, Inc.

[11] Heart diagram with Left Ventricle overstretched and dilated
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
cropped and modified with "LV" mark from www.scientificanimations.com

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"Buyer Beware" by Alena Darmel via pexels.com

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