Statins use and coronary artery plaque composition: Results from the International Multicenter CONFIRM Registry

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-153

  Nakazato, Ryo ^a   Gransar, Heidi ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b   Cheng, Victor Y ^a,b   Lin, Fay Y ^c   Achenbach, Stephan ^d   Al Mallah, Mouaz ^e   Budoff, Matthew J ^f   Cademartiri, Filippo ^g,h   Callister, Tracy Q ⁱ   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^j   Cury, Ricardo C ^k   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha ^l   Chow, Benjamin J W ^m   Delago, Augustin ⁿ   Hadamitzky, Martin ^o   Hausleiter, Joerg ^o   Kaufmann, Philipp ^p   Maffei, Erica ^g,h   Raff, Gilbert ^l   Shaw, Leslee J ^q   Villines, Todd C ^r   Dunning, Allison ^c   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^s   Kim, Yong Jin ^t   Leipsic, Jonathon ^u   Min, James K ^a,b   more..

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Giovanni XXIII Hospital   (Italy)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^j Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

^k BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

ⁿ Capitol Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^o Division of Cardiology   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^q EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^t Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary CTA; Lipid profile; Plaque composition; Statin

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGISTRIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84867882230     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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