Relation of aggressiveness of lipid-lowering treatment to changes in calcified plaque burden by electron beam tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-336

  Hecht, Harvey S ^a   Harman, S Mitchell ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042347479     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00642-8     Document Type: Article

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