Effect of lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin on atherosclerotic aortic plaques detected by noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 733-742

  Yonemura, Atsushi ^a   Momiyama, Yukihiko ^a   Fayad, Zahi A ^c   Ayaori, Makoto ^a   Ohmori, Reiko ^a   Higashi, Kenji ^a   Kihara, Teruyoshi ^b   Sawada, Shojiro ^a   Iwamoto, Noriyuki ^a   Ogura, Masatsune ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Kusuhara, Masatoshi ^a   Nagata, Masayoshi ^b   Nakamura, Haruo ^a   Tamai, Seiichi ^a   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Iruma Heart Hospital   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ERUPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 20044388345     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.11.039     Document Type: Article

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