Impact of Ezetimibe Coadministered With Statins on Cardiovascular Events Following Acute Coronary Syndrome: A 3-Year Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2091-

  Katsiki, Niki ^a   Lioudaki, Eirini ^b   Ganotakis, Emmanuel S ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^c  

^a Agios Dimitrios General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AZETIDINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE;

EID: 83455195427     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.09.033     Document Type: Letter

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