Effects of Statins on Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques: The PARADIGM Study

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1475-1484

  Lee, Sang Eun ^a,b   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a,b   Sung, Ji Min ^a,b   Park, Hyung Bok ^b,c   Heo, Ran ^b,d   Rizvi, Asim ^e   Lin, Fay Y ^e   Kumar, Amit ^e   Hadamitzky, Martin ^f   Kim, Yong Jin ^g   Conte, Edoardo ^h   Andreini, Daniele ^h   Pontone, Gianluca ^h   Budoff, Matthew J ⁱ   Gottlieb, Ilan ^j   Lee, Byoung Kwon ^k   Chun, Eun Ju ^l   Cademartiri, Filippo ^m   Maffei, Erica ^j   Marques, Hugo ⁿ   Leipsic, Jonathon A ^o   Shin, Sanghoon ^p   Choi, Jung Hyun ^q   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha ^r   Raff, Gilbert ^r   Virmani, Renu ^s   Samady, Habib ^t   Stone, Peter H ^u   Berman, Daniel S ^v   Narula, Jagat ^w   Shaw, Leslee J ^t   Bax, Jeroen J ^x   Min, James K ^e   more..

^a Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^h CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

ⁱ LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j Yonsei University College of Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^k Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^l Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^m IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^q Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^r WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^u BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^w MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^x LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

coronary artery atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease; coronary computed tomography angiography; statins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; EUROPE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH KOREA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAZIL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 85048199426     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.04.015     Document Type: Article

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