Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with atorvastatin in type 2 diabetes in the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS): multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is associated with a substantially increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but the role of lipid-lowering therapy with statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in diabetes is inadequately defined. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of atorvastatin...

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Những tác giả chính: Colhoun, H, Betteridge, D, Durrington, P, Hitman, G, Neil, H, Livingstone, S, Thomason, M, Mackness, M, Charlton-Menys, V, Fuller, J
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2004