Efficacy and Safety of Alternate-Day Versus Daily Dosing of Statins: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 419-431

  Awad, Kamal ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b   Toth, Peter P ^c,d   Jones, Steven R ^d   Moriarty, Patrick ^e,f   Lip, Gregory Y H ^g   Muntner, Paul ^h   Catapano, Alberico L ^i,j   Pencina, Michael J ^k   Rosenson, Robert S ^l   Rysz, Jacek ^m   Banach, Maciej ^m,n,o  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

^c CGH Medical Center   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^k DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

ⁿ POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85025709139     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-017-6743-0     Document Type: Review

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