Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy (eBook, ePUB)

Evaluation of Clinical Trial Evidence
Redaktion: Grundy, Scott M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Reveals important new results from clinical trials conducted in Scandinavia, Scotland, Australia, Canada, and the United States. This timely reference reviews the vast body of clinical trial evidence supporting the once controversial view that high levels of serum cholesterol are a major risk factor in coronary heart disease (CHD). The studies p

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040195765
• Artikelnr.: 72524109

Autorenporträt

Scott M. Grundy

Inhaltsangabe

Cholesterol-Lowering Clinical Trials: A Historical Perspective Scott M.
Grundy Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) Terje R. Pedersen The
Cholesterol and Recurrent Events Trial (CARE): The Effect of Pravastatin on
Coronary Events After Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average
Cholesterol Levels Frank M. Sacks, Marc A. Pfeffer, Lemuel A. Moyé, C.
Morton Hawkins, Barry R. Davis, Jean L. Rouleau, Thomas G. Cole, and Eugene
Braunwald Lessons from the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study
(WOSCOPS) James Shepherd and Allan Gaw Program on the Surgical Control of
the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH) Trial: A Pivotal 25-Year Study Henry Buchwald
The Air Force/Texas Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (AFCAPS/TexCAPS):
Primary Prevention of Acute Major Coronary Events in Women and Men with
Average Cholesterol Stephen Weis, Michael Clearfield, Lt. Col. John R.
Downs, and Antonio M. Gotto, Jr. Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in
Ischemic Disease (LIPID) Study: Clinical Implications for Cardiovascular
Practice Andrew M. Tonkin and David Hunt Angiographic Results of
Lipid-Lowering Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Cheryl L.
Holmes, Michael Schulzer, and G. B. John Mancini Biochemical Correlates of
Plaque Progression and Coronary Events Melissa Ferraro-Borgida and David
Waters Lipid Therapy to Stabilize the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque:
New Insights into the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events B. Greg Brown and
Xue-Qiao Zhao Cholesterol-Lowering Trials with Carotid Ultrasonographic
Outcomes Robert P. Byington Cholesterol Lowering Reduces Mortality: The
Statins David J. Gordon