Long-term changes in serum cholesterol level does not influence the progression of coronary calcification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-134

  Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a,b   Shemesh, Joseph ^a,b   Koren Morag, Nira ^a,b   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a,b   Adler, Yehuda ^a,b   Goldenberg, Ilan ^c   Tanne, David ^b   Hay, Ilan ^a,b   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^a,b   Motro, Michael ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Coronary calcium; Lipid lowering treatment; Spiral computerized tomography

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEZAFIBRATE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLESTEROL; CIMETIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; RIFAMPICIN; SIMVASTATIN; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCINOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960186695     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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