Are statins being underdosed in clinical practice? Data from TACTICS-TIMI 18

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 169-173

  Steinberg, Benjamin A ^a   Braganza, Alexandria J M ^a   Eminowicz, Gemma ^a   Dibattiste, Peter M ^a   Flaker, Gregory C ^a   Murphy, Sabina A ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dose; Hypercholesterolemia; Myocardial infarction; Statins; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CERIVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 28144456925     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000188384.64039.8f     Document Type: Article

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