Open AccessReducing Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol After Myocardial Infarction in Older Individuals, Levels Versus Change: Can Observational Studies Answer the Questions?
Author(s) -
Kuller Lewis H.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.118.009430
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , observational study , statin , cardiology , epidemiology , cholesterol , incidence (geometry) , optics , physics
Epidemiology studies before the introduction of statin therapy had shown that total or low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) levels at the time of heart attack were directly related to subsequent risk of recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and death.[1][1] There was a strong linear