Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

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Good morning, Thank you for the questions. I work in a level one Trauma center. We have 7 cardiac surgeons, 13 interventional cardiologists and 10 vascular surgeons. They are all big cardiac and vascular practices. I am with the Vascular surgeons but most of our patients are the same patients. The reason for that is plaque within the blood vessels is not selective to the heart nor to the peripheral vessels. When plaque is in one vessel it is either the start of a cascade or found in multiple vessels. Better placement to stents through any of these methods does help with better stent placement however it also is what happens within the vessels over time that matters. So far even with our best efforts plaque build up occurs. Hence, everyone that leaves the hospital from our practices are being mandated by the hospital to leave on aspirin and a statin unless the patient refuses. It is like plumbing in your house. You use a snake to remove a clog containing hair build up etc. But 1, 2, 3 years later you develop the same build up. I truly believe Vascepa is a better answer than aspirin and yes even statin. We have used these medicines for years and patients keep coming back.