Statin Therapy, LDL Cholesterol, C-Reactive Protein, and Coronary Artery Disease

Abstract

For patients with coronary artery disease, the reduced rate of progression of atherosclerosis associated with intensive statin treatment, as compared with moderate statin treatment, is significantly related to greater reductions in the levels of both atherogenic lipoproteins and CRP.

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MedicineStatinCoronary artery diseaseCholesterolC-reactive proteinInternal medicineDiseaseAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseLipoproteinCardiologyInflammation

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 352
Issue: 1
Pages: 29-38
Citations: 1322
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                                    Steven E. Nissen, 
                                
                                    E. Murat Tuzcu, 
                                
                                    Paul Schoenhagen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Statin Therapy, LDL Cholesterol, C-Reactive Protein, and Coronary Artery Disease. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 352
                            (1)
                            , 29-38.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa042000
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa042000