Statin Medication Enhances Progression of Coronary Artery Calcification: The Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2123-2125

  Dykun, Iryna ^a   Lehmann, Nils ^a   Kälsch, Hagen ^a   Möhlenkamp, Stefan ^a   Moebus, Susanne ^a   Budde, Thomas ^a   Seibel, Rainer ^a   Grönemeyer, Dietrich ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Mahabadi, Amir A ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84994152156     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.040     Document Type: Letter

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