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Cost effectiveness of targeted high-dose atorvastatin therapy following genotype testing in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
PharmacoEconomics - 1 Jun 2013
Parthan Anju, Leahy Kevin J, O'Sullivan Amy K, Iakoubova Olga A, Bare Lance A, Devlin James J, Weinstein Milton C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Results from the PROVE IT trial suggest that patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with atorvastatin 80 mg/day (A80) have significantly lower rates of cardiovascular events compared with patients treated with pravastatin 40 mg/day (P40). In a genetic post hoc substudy of the PROVE IT trial, the rate of event reduction was greater in carriers of the Trp719Arg variant in kinesin family...
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