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Coronary atheroma volume and cardiovascular events during maximally intensive statin therapy

R. Puri, Steven E. Nissen, Mingyuan Shao, Christie M. Ballantyne, Philip J. Barter, M. John Chapman, Raimund Erbel, Peter Libby, J.S. Raichlen, K. Uno,

European Heart Journal · 2013 · 99 citations · 31 references

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Following 2 years of high-intensity statin therapy, a baseline coronary atheroma volume predicted MACE, despite the achievement of very low on-treatment LDL-C levels.

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