Effect of pravastatin on progression and regression of coronary atherosclerosis and vessel wall changes in carotid and femoral arteries: A report from the regression growth evaluation statin study

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 1995, Pages 40C-46C

  Groot, Eric de ^a   Wouter Jukema, J ^b   van Boven, Ad J ^c   Reiber, Johan H C ^b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^d   Lie, Kong I ^c   Ackerstaff, Rob A ^e   Bruschke, Albert V G ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY WALL; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRAVASTATIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029154357     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80469-X     Document Type: Article

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