Treatment of hypercholesterolemia and prevention of coronary artery disease after heart transplantation by combination of low-dose simvastatin and HELP-LDL-apheresis

Transplant Proc. 1992 Dec;24(6):2674-6.

Authors

K Wenke¹, J Thiery, N Arndtz, B M Meiser, D Seidel, B Reichart

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 1465897

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Anticholesteremic Agents / administration & dosage*
Blood Component Removal / instrumentation*
Chemical Precipitation
Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
Combined Modality Therapy
Coronary Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Disease / prevention & control*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Transplantation / physiology*
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia / physiopathology
Hypercholesterolemia / therapy*
Lovastatin / administration & dosage
Lovastatin / analogs & derivatives*
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Simvastatin

Substances

Anticholesteremic Agents
Cholesterol, LDL
Lovastatin
Simvastatin