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What Causes Weight Loss After Undergoing Angioplasty?

I am 62 year old ,height 5ft 10 inchs, eight months back angioplasty was don , taking medicines regularly but i have a significant weight loss , is it because of medicines or what could be the reason.Every day i brisk walk for 30 minutes , at the time of angioplasty my weight was79kg now it is 68 kg.
Fri, 4 Nov 2016
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post angioplasty patient is treated with high dose of drug group named statins
statins prevent the formation of cholestrol an agreesive high dose therapy is administered to keep ldl below 70mg/dl or less
as statinbinhibitscthe formation of cholesteol and triglycerides a weight loss is abdsolutely norma
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What Causes Weight Loss After Undergoing Angioplasty?

post angioplasty patient is treated with high dose of drug group named statins statins prevent the formation of cholestrol an agreesive high dose therapy is administered to keep ldl below 70mg/dl or less as statinbinhibitscthe formation of cholesteol and triglycerides a weight loss is abdsolutely norma