This result is applicable to Patients with not particularly high cholesterol, therefore, unless you are intolerant to statins. You should take statins. After a heart attack, aspirin reduces the stickiness of platelets. This will reduce the chances of blood clots. in the plaque in the blood vessels It is well known that aspirin reduces the risk of death. in patients with coronary heart disease known and should be prescribed in the prescription of each type of myocardial infarction.