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Time course differences for statin-induced pleiotropic effects in hypercholesterolemic patients.
International journal of cardiology - 1 Mar 2004
Sakabe Koichi, Fukuda Nobuo, Wakayama Katsunori, Nada Teru, Shinohara Hisanori, Tamura Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether there are temporal differences for the pleiotropic effects for different members of the statin class. The present study investigated differences in the short- and intermediate-term pleiotropic effects of statins in hypercholesterolemic patients. METHODS: Thirty-five hypercholesterolemic patients were randomly treated with either atorvastatin or cerivastatin for 3 months. We...
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