Is statin-modified reduction in lipids the most important preventive therapy for cardiovascular disease? A pro/con debate

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hobbs, FD Richard ^a   Banach, Maciej ^b   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^c   Malhotra, Aseem ^d   Capewell, Simon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

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

^d FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Debate; Evidence; Prevention; Statins

Indexed keywords

ALIROCUMAB; ATORVASTATIN; EZETIMIBE; FENOFIBRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; LIPID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84954126792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0550-5     Document Type: Article

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