Clinically evident polyvascular disease and regression of coronary atherosclerosis after intensive statin therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Serial intravascular ultrasound from the Japanese assessment of pitavastatin and atorvastatin in acute coronary syndrome (JAPAN-ACS) trial

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 743-749

  Hibi, Kiyoshi ^a   Kimura, Takeshi ^b   Kimura, Kazuo ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^b   Hiro, Takafumi ^j   Miyauchi, Katsumi ^d   Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^e   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^f   Ozaki, Yukio ^g   Saito, Satoshi ^h   Yamaguchi, Tetsu ⁱ   Daida, Hiroyuki ^d   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Department of Nephrology Keiai Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Coronary atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Polyvascular disease; Statin

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PITAVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POLYVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 82955247591     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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