The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels

Abstract

These results demonstrate that the benefit of cholesterol-lowering therapy extends to the majority of patients with coronary disease who have average cholesterol levels.

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PravastatinMedicineMyocardial infarctionPlaceboInternal medicineCardiologyConfidence intervalCholesterolClinical endpointRandomized controlled trial

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 335
Issue: 14
Pages: 1001-1009
Citations: 7456
Access: Closed

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                                    Frank M. Sacks, 
                                
                                    Marc A. Pfeffer, 
                                
                                    Lemuel A. Moyé
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 335
                            (14)
                            , 1001-1009.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199610033351401
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199610033351401