Benefit of Adding Ezetimibe to Statin Therapy on Cardiovascular Outcomes and Safety in Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Robert P. Giugliano,
Christopher P. Can,
Michael A. Blazing,
José Carlos Nicolau,
Ramón Corbalán,
Jindřich Špinar,
JeongGun Park,
Jennifer A. White,
Erin A. Bohula,
Eugene Braunwald
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.117.030950
Subject(s) - medicine , simvastatin , ezetimibe , hazard ratio , acute coronary syndrome , myocardial infarction , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , statin , placebo , clinical endpoint , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , randomized controlled trial , endocrinology , alternative medicine , pathology
Ezetimibe, when added to simvastatin, reduces cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome. We explored outcomes stratified by diabetes mellitus (DM).
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