Vitamin E Supplementation and Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients

Abstract

In patients at high risk for cardiovascular events, treatment with vitamin E for a mean of 4.5 years had no apparent effect on cardiovascular outcomes.

Keywords

MedicinePlaceboMyocardial infarctionInternal medicineRelative riskRamiprilHeart failureDiabetes mellitusStroke (engine)Confidence intervalRisk factorAnginaCardiologySurgeryEndocrinologyBlood pressure

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Hamilton General Hospital CA

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 342
Issue: 3
Pages: 154-160
Citations: 1941
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                                    Salim Yusuf, 
                                
                                    Gilles R. Dagenais, 
                                
                                    Janice Pogue
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Vitamin E Supplementation and Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 342
                            (3)
                            , 154-160.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200001203420302
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm200001203420302