Statins, percutaneous coronary intervention and myocardial infarction

A Jones - Current medical research and opinion, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Peri-procedural myocardial infarction occurs in up to 40% of otherwise successful
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures and such patients have a worse long …

Efficacy of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in the prevention of cerebrovascular attack in 1016 patients older than 75 years among 4014 type 2 diabetic individuals

T Hayashi, K Kubota, S Kawashima, H Sone… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background/objectives HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) reduce ischemic heart
disease (IHD) in middle-aged diabetic individuals, and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) is a risk …