The jupiter trial: Key findings, controversies, and implications

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-82

  Nissen, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; ROSUVASTATIN; FLUOROBENZENE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRENDS;

AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PYRIMIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 63149147201     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-009-0013-0     Document Type: Note

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