Supplements and Cardiovascular Disease: Helpful? Harmful?

Should you take a supplement if you have had a heart attack, stroke or coronary bypass surgery? Will supplements prevent future events? Dr. Luke Laffin, Preventive Cardiologist, provides some facts about common supplements and questions we have unanswered. If you live in Ohio, they are currently enrolling patients in a trial called the SPORT study to answer the question: do supplements make an impact on cardiovascular disease? If you are interested in participating you can email the study team at c5Rclinicaltrials@ccf.org.