Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka

ATHEROMA study indicates that pravastatin improves hyperlipidemia

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 29th, 2005

A recent report provides 3-year follow-up results of angiographic intervention trial using an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor to evaluate retardation of obstructive multiple atheroma (ATHEROMA) study.

According to the report from Japan, "The cardiovascular event rate in Japanese populations is strikingly lower than that in Caucasian populations and it has been postulated that this difference might be because of variations in atherosclerosis progression in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the rate of angiographically assessed progression and its response to statins have not been well described in Japanese patients."

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2005-09-29)

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