Regular use of margarine-containing stanol/sterol esters reduces total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and allows reduction of statin therapy after cardiac transplantation: Preliminary observations

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1059-1062

  Vorlat, Anne ^a   Conraads, Viviane M ^a   Vrints, Christiaan J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MARGARINE; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; STANOL ESTER; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0041736356     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(02)01222-6     Document Type: Article

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