Pleiotropic effects of statins on cardiovascular events in the Japanese Coronary Artery Disease study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-296

  Fujita, Masatoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^b   Hayashi, Doubun ^b   Kohro, Takahide ^b   Okada, Yoshihiro ^b   Nagai, Ryozo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular events; Hydrophilic statins; JCAD study; Lipophilic statins; Pleiotropic effects

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UBIQUINONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIPOPHILICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 50349103280     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.06.054     Document Type: Article

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