Effect of Very High-Intensity Statin Therapy on Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis

E. Nissen, Steven; J. Nicholls, Stephen; Sipahi, İlke; Libby, Peter; S. Raichlen, Joel; M. Ballantyne, Christie; Davignon, Jean; Erbel, Raimund; Charles Fruchart, Jean; Tardif, Jean‐Claude; Schoenhagen, Paul; Crowe, Tim; A. Cain, Valerie; Wolski, Kathy; Goormastic, Marlene; Murat Tuzcu, E.; the ASTEROID Investigators, for

doi:10.1001/jama.295.13.jpc60002

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Effect of Very High-Intensity Statin Therapy on Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis

Published in JAMA • Mar 13, 2006

Authors:

Steven E. Nissen

Stephen J. Nicholls

İlke Sipahi

Abstract

CONTEXT: Prior intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) trials have demonstrated slowing or halting of atherosclerosis progression with statin therapy but have not shown convincing evidence of regression using percent atheroma volume (PAV), the most rigorous IVUS measure of disease progression and regression...

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Medicine

Intravascular ultrasound

Rosuvastatin

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