Tomas murume ane makore 50 asingasvuti uyo akanga achangobva kukokwa nevamwe vake kuti apinde munhangemutange yemakiromita gumi. Akanga achifamba kwemaminiti 40 mazuva matatu pavhiki, chimwe chinhu chaakanga achiramba achiita kwemakore. Chinangwa chake ndechokumhanya nhangemutange yose yemakiromita gumi pasina kumira. Iye anoshuma kuva neizvo anorondedzera se"kurwara nomwoyo kuduku" pazera ramakore 45, akapedza kurapwa kwemwoyo, uye haana kuva nezvinetso chifo chenguva iyeyo. Anonwa mushonga unonzi statin uye mushonga unonzi aspirin wakaderera zuva nezuva. Pakushanya kwake kwokupedzisira (makore maviri apfuura) kuna chiremba wake wepfungwa, hapana kuchinja kwakanga kwaonekwa mumamiriro ake ezvinhu okurapa. Unogona here kufunga zvikonzero nei chiremba waTomas aizorayira mushonga unodzivirira kuora mwoyo? Iva nechokwadi chokutsanangura kuti mushonga uyu unoshanda sei.
Statins mishonga inogona kuderedza cholesterol yako, iyo inogona kubatsira kuderedza cholesterol yose yaTomas uye kuderedza ngozi yavo yokuva nehosha yemwoyo kana sitiroko. Chiremba wake angave akamunyorera izvi sezvo iye akanga ane nhau yechirwere chomwoyo (zvikurukuru kurwara nomwoyo), uye statin zvikurukuru igadziriro yokudzivisa kurwara nomwoyo kwomunguva yemberi. Ma statin anodzivisa chinhu chinodiwa nechiropa chako kuti chiite cholesterol. Izvi zvinoita kuti chiropa chako chibvise cholesterol muropa rako.