Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease with Pravastatin in Men with Hypercholesterolemia

Abstract

Treatment with pravastatin significantly reduced the incidence of myocardial infarction and death from cardiovascular causes without adversely affecting the risk of death from noncardiovascular causes in men with moderate hypercholesterolemia and no history of myocardial infarction.

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PravastatinMedicineMyocardial infarctionCoronary heart diseaseInternal medicineCardiologyIncidence (geometry)Cholesterol

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 333
Issue: 20
Pages: 1301-1308
Citations: 7442
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                                    James Shepherd, 
                                
                                    Stuart M. Cobbe, 
                                
                                    Ian Ford
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease with Pravastatin in Men with Hypercholesterolemia. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 333
                            (20)
                            , 1301-1308.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199511163332001
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199511163332001