Simvastatin Versus Ezetimibe

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Authors

Ulf Landmesser · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Ferdinand H. Bahlmann · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Maja Mueller · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Stephan Spiekermann · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Nina Kirchhoff · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

S. Schulz · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Costantina Manes

Abstract

Four weeks of simvastatin treatment improves endothelial function independently of LDL cholesterol lowering, at least in part by reducing oxidant stress. Simvastatin may thereby exert important pleiotropic effects in humans.

Topics & Keywords

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 111, Issue 18, pp. 2356-2363

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000164260.82417.3f

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