Open AccessUse of the Statins in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Cynthia A. Jackevicius,
George Anderson,
Lawrence A. Leiter,
Jack V. Tu
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.161.2.183
Subject(s) - pravastatin , medicine , simvastatin , statin , myocardial infarction , cardiology , cholesterol
To compare the use of lipid-lowering agents in 42 628 elderly patients (aged > or =65 years) after acute myocardial infarction, before and after the publication of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S), using the Ontario Myocardial Infarction Database.
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