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Summaries for patients. Benefits of lowering cholesterol levels in older patients.

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Ann Intern Med. 2001 May 15;134(10):S-4. No abstract available. PMID: 11357858 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Benefits of pravastatin on cardiovascular events and mortality in older patients with coronary heart disease are equal to or exceed those seen in younger patients: Results from the LIPID trial.

Hunt D, Young P, Simes J, Hague W, Mann S, Owensby D, Lane G, Tonkin A.

Ann Intern Med. 2001 May 15;134(10):931-40.PMID: 11352694 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Overlap analysis of the West of Scotland coronary prevention study (WOSCOPS).

Lim PO, Yee KM.

Circulation. 1999 Aug 10;100(6):686. No abstract available. PMID: 10441109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for lowering lipids to reduce coronary artery disease risk: a comparison of rosuvastatin with atorvastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin for achieving lipid-lowering goals.

Shepherd J, Hunninghake DB, Barter P, McKenney JM, Hutchinson HG.

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Major outcomes in moderately hypercholesterolemic, hypertensive patients randomized to pravastatin vs usual care: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT-LLT).

ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial.

JAMA. 2002 Dec 18;288(23):2998-3007.PMID: 12479764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hypercholesterolemia. Is lipid-lowering worthwhile for older patients?

Deedwania PC.

Geriatrics. 2000 May;55(5):22-8. Review.PMID: 10826262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In patients with heart disease, is the benefit of lipid-lowering therapy with statins similar in older patients to that in younger patients?

Adelman A.

J Fam Pract. 2001 Nov;50(11):924. No abstract available. PMID: 11711002 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of pravastatin on cardiovascular events and mortality in 1516 women with coronary heart disease: results from the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease (LIPID) study.

Hague W, Forder P, Simes J, Hunt D, Tonkin A; LIPID Investigators.

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A comparison of continuous combined hormone replacement therapy, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and combined treatment for the management of hypercholesterolemia in postmenopausal women.

Ozsener S, Sendag F, Koc T, Terek MC, Oztekin K, Bilgin O.

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Recent developments in coronary heart disease prevention: the Scandinavian and west of Scotland studies.

Elam MB, Cushman W, Applegate WB, Heimberg M.

Tenn Med. 1997 May;90(5):189-92. No abstract available. PMID: 9130876 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Updated guidelines support even lower cholesterol levels for at-risk patients.

Levenson D.

Rep Med Guidel Outcomes Res. 2004 Aug 6;15(15):1, 6-7. No abstract available. PMID: 15320342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term follow-up of the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study.

DeFilippis AP, Bansal S, Blumenthal RS.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 10;358(2):194; author reply 194-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18193527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term effectiveness and safety of pravastatin in 9014 patients with coronary heart disease and average cholesterol concentrations: the LIPID trial follow-up.

LIPID Study Group (Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease).

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[Intensive LDL lowering to under 80 mg/dl: hypercholesteremia patients with stable coronary disease and diabetes profit especially significantly]

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Baztán JJ, Hornillos M, Rodríguez-Mañas L.

Lancet. 2003 Mar 29;361(9363):1135; author reply 1136. No abstract available. PMID: 12672345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Who should receive statin therapy among the elderly?

Desilvey DL.

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Beneficial effects of atorvastatin on sd LDL and LDL phenotype B in statin-naive patients and patients previously treated with simvastatin or pravastatin.

Baldassarre S, Scruel O, Deckelbaum RJ, Dupont IE, Ducobu J, Carpentier YA.

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Lipid and apolipoprotein ratios: association with coronary artery disease and effects of rosuvastatin compared with atorvastatin, pravastatin, and simvastatin.

Rader DJ, Davidson MH, Caplan RJ, Pears JS.

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Lipid-lowering therapy and risk of coronary events.

Blakely JA.

JAMA. 2003 Apr 23-30;289(16):2070-1; author reply 2071-2. No abstract available. PMID: 12709461 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lipid-lowering therapy and risk of coronary events.

Mascitelli L, Pezzetta F.

JAMA. 2003 Apr 23-30;289(16):2071; author reply 2071-2. No abstract available. PMID: 12709464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles