The comparative efficacy of ezetimibe added to atorvastatin 10 mg versus uptitration to atorvastatin 40 mg in subgroups of patients aged 65 to 74 years or greater than or equal to 75 years

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Ben Yehuda, Ori ^a   Wenger, Nanette K ^b   Constance, Christian ^c   Zieve, Franklin ^d   Hanson, Mary E ^e   Lin, Jian Xin ^e   Shah, Arvind K ^e   Jones Burton, Charlotte ^e   Tershakovec, Andrew M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol absorption inhibitor; Hypercholesterolemia; LDL C; Statin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; ATORVASTATIN PLUS EZETIMIBE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; EZ ATORVA; EZETIMIBE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79953831315     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2011.00001     Document Type: Article

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