Eugene Braunwald - Researcher Profile

Publications

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Inflammation, Pravastatin, and the Risk of Coronary Events After Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Average Cholesterol Levels

Paul M. Ridker , Nader Rifai , Marc A. Pfeffer +5 more

Background —We studied whether inflammation after myocardial infarction (MI) is a risk factor for recurrent coronary events and whether randomized treatment with pravastatin red...

1998 Circulation 1382 citations

Achievement of Dual Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Targets More Frequent With the Addition of Ezetimibe to Simvastatin and Associated With Better Outcomes in IMPROVE-IT

Erin A. Bohula , Robert P. Giugliano , Christopher P. Cannon +6 more

Background— Statins lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP); addition of ezetimibe to statins further reduces LDL-C an...

2015 Circulation 327 citations

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Researcher Info

h-index: 2
Publications: 2
Citations: 1,709
Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Identifiers

ORCID: 0000-0002-3472-626X

Impact Metrics

h-index 2

h-index: Number of publications with at least h citations each.