The benefit of adding ezetimibe to statin therapy in patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery and acute coronary syndrome in the IMPROVE-IT trial

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 48, 2016, Pages 3576-3584

  Eisen, Alon ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Blazing, Michael A ^b   Bohula, Erin A ^a   Park, Jeong Gun ^a   Murphy, Sabina A ^a   White, Jennifer A ^b   Giugliano, Robert P ^a   Braunwald, Eugene ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome cardiovascular events; Coronary artery bypass graft; Ezetimibe; Statin

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EZETIMIBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; SIMVASTATIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85019821028     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw377     Document Type: Article

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