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Long-Term Effect of Pravastatin on Carotid Intima–Media Complex Thickness: The J-STARS Echo Study (Japan Statin Treatment Against Recurrent Stroke)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—: The effect of statins on progression of carotid intima–media complex thickness (IMT) has been shown exclusively in nonstroke Western patients. This study aimed to determine the effect of low-dose pravastatin on carotid IMT in Japanese patients with noncardioembolic ischemic...
Autores principales: | Koga, Masatoshi, Toyoda, Kazunori, Minematsu, Kazuo, Yasaka, Masahiro, Nagai, Yoji, Aoki, Shiro, Nezu, Tomohisa, Hosomi, Naohisa, Kagimura, Tatsuo, Origasa, Hideki, Kamiyama, Kenji, Suzuki, Rieko, Ohtsuki, Toshiho, Maruyama, Hirofumi, Kitagawa, Kazuo, Uchiyama, Shinichiro, Matsumoto, Masayasu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29191850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018387 |
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