Some of the treatments we use in cardiology must be applied urgently, such as
cardiopulmonary resuscitation or thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction. The urgency …

In 1955, I began my third cardiology fellowship (I was a slow learner) in the Cardiovascular
Physiology Laboratory directed by the noted physiologist Stanley J. Sarnoff, in the National …

Strong evidence denotes benefit from reducing serum cholesterol levels in patients with
established coronary heart disease (CHD). 1 Treatment to decrease recurrent coronary …

6. The greater the percent decrease in serum total and LDL cholesterol levels, the greater
the disappearance (reversibility) of portions of atherosclerotic plaques. 7. Diet therapy alone …

In patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) elevated serum cholesterol levels, like other
classical risk factors, remain predictive of further coronary events. The excess risk …

Coronary angiographic trials have demonstrated that the lowering of cholesterol slows the
progression of atherosclerosis, enhances atherosclerotic regression, limits the formation of …

The National Cholesterol Education Program recommends reducing total and low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol levels to decrease the risk for coronary heart disease. The available …

With the recent publication of several welldesigned large-scale clinical trials documenting
the efficacy of cholesterol lowering for both primary and secondary prevention of coronary …

Several large controlled clinical trials have documented that cholesterol lowering causes a
marked reduction in major coronary events in patients with established coronary heart …

CURRENT recommendations for lowering the cholesterol level to prevent coronary heart
disease have focused largely on primary prevention and have paid less attention to the …