Statins in acute coronary syndromes

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-356

  Sposito, Alexandre Russo ^a   de Aguiar Filho, Gentil Barreira ^a   Aarão, Amanda Rezende ^a   de Sousa, Francisco Thiago Tomaz ^a   Bertolami, Marcelo Chiara ^a  

^a Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Genetic pleiotropy drug effects; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitors; Lipids

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; COLESTYRAMINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; EZETIMIBE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INCRETIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; STATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLEIOTROPY; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 82855169405     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2011001300012     Document Type: Review

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