Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Major primary prevention trials with statins
West Of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS)
Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study
Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart Attack
Trial—Lipid-Lowering Trial (ALLHAT—LLT)
PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER)
Primary prevention of CV disease with pravastatin in Japan (MEGA)
Primary prevention of CV disease with statin therapy: a
meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Justification for the Use of statins in Primary prevention:
an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER)
2. Major secondary prevention trials with statins
Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)
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Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID)
3. Early statin treatment in ACS patients
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a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Collaborative AtoRvastatin Diabetes Study (CARDS)
Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial—Lipid-Lowering Arm
(ASCOT—LLA) post-hoc diabetes subgroup analysis
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Treating to New Targets (TNT) diabetes subgroup analysis
TNT post-hoc metabolic syndrome subgroup analysis
Evidence & Efficacy: Lipid-Modifying Therapy
Atorvastatin Study for Prevention of coronary heart disease Endpoints
8. Meta-analyses for efficacy, safety and cost–benefit calculations 101
in Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (ASPEN)
5. CHD prevention in chronic kidney disease
Aspirin, statins or both drugs for the primary prevention of CHD
events in men: a cost–utility analysis
Die Deutsche Diabetes Dialyse (4D) Studie
Analyses of cancer data from three ezetimibe trials
4S post-hoc mild chronic renal insufficiency subgroup analysis
Primary prevention strategies for lipid lowering: a meta-analysis
Statins and CV RR in patients with chronic kidney disease and
9. Primary prevention trials with CHD end points using drugs 6. Stroke prevention that modify triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and/or HDL
World Health Organization (WHO) clofibrate study
Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL)
Japan Eicosapentaenoic acid Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS)
7. Comparative hypolipidaemic efficacy, IVUS, IMT and end-point trials 10. Secondary prevention trials with CHD end points using drugs 119
Comparative dose efficacy study of atorvastatin vs simvastatin, pravastatin,
that modify triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and/or HDL
lovastatin and fluvastatin in patients with hypercholesterolaemia (CURVES)
Atorvastatin versus Simvastatin on Atherosclerosis Progression (ASAP)
Veterans Affairs HDL Intervention Trial (VA-HIT)
Statin Therapies for Elevated Lipid Levels compared Across dose ranges to
HDL Atherosclerosis Treatment Study (HATS)
Measuring Effective Reductions in Cholesterol Using Rosuvastatin therapY
Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD)
Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact
Reversal of atherosclerosis with aggressive lipid lowering therapy
PRavastatin Or atorVastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy—Thrombolysis
Appendix: conversion calculator
In Myocardial Infarction 22 (PROVE-IT TIMI 22)
Ezetimibe Add-on to Statin for Effectiveness (EASE)
Incremental Decrease in End points through Aggressive Lipid lowering (IDEAL) 84
A Study To Evaluate the effect of Rosuvastatin On Intravascular
ultrasound-Derived coronary atheroma burden (ASTEROID)
Meta-analysis of CV outcomes trials comparing intensive vs
Measuring Effects on intima–media Thickness: an Evaluation Of Rosuvastatin
Ezetimibe aNd simvastatin in Hypercholesterolemia enhANces atherosClerosis 94
Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS)
Arterial Biology for the Investigation of the Treatment Effects of Reducing
cholesterol 6–HDL And LDL Treatment Strategies (ARBITER6–HALTS)
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