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

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Authors

Bertram Pitt · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

David D. Waters · Hartford Hospital

W. Virgil Brown · Emory University

Ad J. van Boven · University of Groningen

Leonard Schwartz

Lawrence Title

Daniel A. Eisenberg · Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

Linda Shurzinske

Abstract

In low-risk patients with stable coronary artery disease, aggressive lipid-lowering therapy is at least as effective as angioplasty and usual care in reducing the incidence of ischemic events.

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: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 341, Issue 2, pp. 70-76

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199907083410202

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