Rosuvastatin may stabilize vulnerable carotid plaques and reduce carotid intima media thickness in patients with hyperlipidemia

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jun 1:212:20-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.029. Epub 2016 Mar 16.
No abstract available

Keywords: Carotid intima media thickness; Hyperlipidemia; Rosuvastatin.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / epidemiology
  • Carotid Intima-Media Thickness*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipidemias / diagnosis
  • Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy*
  • Hyperlipidemias / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium