Intensive lipid-lowering therapy with rosuvastatin stabilizes lipid-rich coronary plaques: Evaluation using dual-source computed tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2621-2627

  Soeda, Tsunenari ^a   Uemura, Shiro ^a   Okayama, Satoshi ^a   Kawakami, Rika ^a   Sugawara, Yu ^a   Nakagawa, Hitoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Takaki ^a   Hee Sung, J ^a   Nishida, Taku ^a   Senoo, Ayako ^a   Somekawa, Satoshi ^a   Takeda, Yukiji ^a   Ishigami, Kenichi ^a   Kawata, Hiroyuki ^a   Horii, Manabu ^a   Saito, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Statin

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ROSUVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN TO HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RATIO; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PYRIMIDINES; SULFONAMIDES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054889620     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0139     Document Type: Article

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