The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels

M. Sacks, Frank; A. Pfeffer, Marc; A. Moyé, Lemuel; L. Rouleau, Jean; D. Rutherford, John; Cole, Thomas; Brown, Lisa; Wayne Warnica, J.; Malcolm O. Arnold, J.; Wun, Chuan‐Chuan; R. Davis, Barry; Braunwald, Eugene

doi:10.1056/nejm199610033351401

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The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 3, 1996

Authors:

Frank M. Sacks

Marc A. Pfeffer

Lemuel A. Moyé

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In patients with high cholesterol levels, lowering the cholesterol level reduces the risk of coronary events, but the effect of lowering cholesterol levels in the majority of patients with coronary disease, who have average levels, is less clear. METHODS: In a double-blind trial lasting ...

Subject

Pravastatin

Medicine

Myocardial infarction

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