Frequency of new coronary events in older persons with peripheral arterial disease and serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol > or = 125 mg/dl treated with statins versus no lipid-lowering drug

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Oct 1;90(7):789-91. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02616-4.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia / complications
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy*
  • Incidence
  • Lovastatin / administration & dosage
  • Lovastatin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
  • New York
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / complications
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / pathology
  • Pravastatin / administration & dosage
  • Pravastatin / therapeutic use
  • Prospective Studies
  • Simvastatin / administration & dosage
  • Simvastatin / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triglycerides / blood

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Triglycerides
  • Lovastatin
  • Simvastatin
  • Pravastatin