How does lipid lowering prevent coronary events? New insights from human imaging trials

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 472-474

  Libby, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ROSUVASTATIN;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM;

EID: 84924599381     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu510     Document Type: Review

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