Methods and results In the Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering trial, 8888 post-myocardial infarction patients were randomised to high-dose or usual-dose statin ...

The objective of this retrospective analysis was to assess the safety of atorvastatin across the 10 to 80 mg dose range among Asian patients from randomised clinical trials. Methods Safety findings ...

Now, investigators have used serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to track changes in plaque volume in a randomized comparison of rosuvastatin (40 mg daily) and atorvastatin (80 mg daily ...

Data sources Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing high-intensity statin therapy (atorvastatin 80 mg or rosuvastatin 20/40 mg) with moderate/mild statin treatment or placebo were derived from ...

Target LDL-C levels (according to global risk) were attained in 62% of atorvastatin recipients and 6% of bezafibrate recipients, and triglyceride levels <200 mg/dL were achieved in 52% and 60% of ...