Teacher:Given a paragraph, generate a claim that is supported by the given paragraph. 1) The claim must contain information from within the paragraph. 2) A sentence within the paragraph can be used as a claim. 3) The claim should not have contradictions within the paragraph. 4) The claim should be at most one sentence long.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: More than 2 percent of patients undergoing non-cardiac vascular surgery surgery to arteries and veins die from heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems. Lescol, a so-called statin drug, appears to be effective in reducing this risk by cutting inflammation and stabilizing plaques in coronary arteries that might otherwise rupture, Don Poldermans of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam said. Results of a 500-patient study presented by Poldermans at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology showed only 10.9 percent of vascular surgery patients taking Lescol suffered myocardial ischemia reduced blood supply to the heart muscle against 18.9 percent of those on placebo. Lescol is less potent than some other statin drugs but patients in the study were given the highest dose of the medicine as an extended release formulation, which lasts around four days. Lescol, known generically as fluvastatin, is one of Novartis's older products. Sales in 2007 totaled $665 million, down 8 percent on a year earlier.
Student:
Novartis's Lescol drug protects heart after surgery.