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Ezetimibe Added to Statin Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndromes
Author(s) -
Christopher P. Can,
Michael A. Blazing,
Robert P. Giugliano,
Amy McCagg,
Jennifer A. White,
Pierre Théroux,
Harald Darius,
Basil S. Lewis,
Ton Oude Ophuis,
J. Wouter Jukema,
Gaetano Maria De Ferrari,
Witold Rużyłło,
Paul De Lucca,
Canqing Yu,
Erin A. Bohula,
Martin Craig,
Stephen D. Wiviott,
Andrew M. Tershakovec,
MingShyan Lin,
Eugene Braunwald,
Robert M. Califf
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1410489
Subject(s) - ezetimibe , statin , medicine , cholesterol , cardiology , pharmacotherapy , drug , lipoprotein , pharmacology , endocrinology
Statin therapy reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and the risk of cardiovascular events, but whether the addition of ezetimibe, a nonstatin drug that reduces intestinal cholesterol absorption, can reduce the rate of cardiovascular events further is not known.

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