Aggressive Lipid-Lowering Therapy Compared with Angioplasty in Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Pitt, Bertram; D. Waters, David; Virgil Brown, W.; J. van Boven, Ad; Schwartz, Leonard; Title, Lawrence; A. Eisenberg, Daniel; Shurzinske, Linda; McCormick, L.

doi:10.1056/nejm199907083410202

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Aggressive Lipid-Lowering Therapy Compared with Angioplasty in Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 8, 1999

Authors:

Bertram Pitt

David D. Waters

W. Virgil Brown

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary revascularization is widely used in improving symptoms and exercise performance in patients with ischemic heart disease and stable angina pectoris. In this study, we compared percutaneous coronary revascularization with lipid-lowering treatment for reducing the inci...

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Medicine

Cardiology

Revascularization

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