Statin Intensity and Clinical Outcome in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Very Low LDL-Cholesterol.

Although intensive statin therapy is recommended for high risk patients, evidence of its benefit in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and very low low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) has been very rare. In this study, we investigated whether higher statin intensity reduces c...

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Main Authors: Soo Youn Lee, Seung-Jin Oh, Eung Ju Kim, Chi-Yoon Oum, Sung Hwan Park, Jaewon Oh, Jung-Sun Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sungha Park, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Geu-Ru Hong, Young-Guk Ko, Seok-Min Kang, Donghoon Choi, Jong-Won Ha, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang, Namsik Chung, Sang-Hak Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5100958?pdf=render