Effects of statin therapy on non-calcified coronary plaque assessed by 64-slice computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-150

  Kitagawa, Toshiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hideya ^a   Horiguchi, Jun ^b   Ohashi, Norihiko ^a   Kunita, Eiji ^a   Utsunomiya, Hiroto ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Lipid profile; Non calcified atherosclerotic lesion; Statin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATORVASTATIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METOPROLOL; PITAVASTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960164394     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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