The management of hypercholesterolaemia in patients with coronary artery disease referred for coronary angiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-249

  Saia, F ^a   Chua, T P ^a   Fox, K M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Hypercholesterolaemia; Statins

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; STATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAVASTATIN; RISK FACTORS; SIMVASTATIN; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032585569     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00317-9     Document Type: Article

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