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1 online resource (359 pages) |
Contents |
""Book Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface to the first edition""; ""Preface to the second edition""; ""1 Hyperlipidaemia as a risk factor for vascular disease""; ""2 Lipid control in the pre-statin era""; ""3 The discovery and development of the statins""; ""4 Comparative chemistry, pharmacology and mechanism of action of the statins""; ""5 Ancillary benefits of the statins""; ""6 Angiographic and IVUS techniques evaluating progression and regression of coronary atherosclerosis: statin intervention trials in perspective"" |
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""7 The Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)""""8 Primary prevention of coronary heart disease with statins""; ""9 The CARE trial: the effect of pravastatin on coronary events after myocardial infarction in patients with average cholesterol levels""; ""10 The LIPID study: results and implications for clinical practice""; ""11 Mega-trials: the Prospective Pravastatin Pooling (PPP) Project and the Heart Protection Study (HPS)""; ""12 The Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER)""; ""13 Combination therapy with statins"" |
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""14 Guidelines for clinical use of the statins""""15 The cost-effectiveness of statin use""; ""16 Unanswered questions about the use of statins""; ""17 Statin therapy for the 21st century""; ""Index"" |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
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MEDICAL / Cardiology
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Statins (Cardiovascular agents)
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Packard, Christopher J.
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Shepherd, J. (James), 1944-
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ISBN |
9781482207347 |
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1482207346 |
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9780367804022 |
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0367804026 |
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