Long-term follow-up of the West of Scotland coronary prevention study

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A randomized clinical trial was conducted for comparing pravastatin with placebo in men having hypercholesterolemia, with a follow-up of five years to study coronary prevention. The results concluded that pravastatin led to a significant reduction in coronary events.

Author: Packard, Chris J., Ford, Ian, Murray, Heather, Shepherd, James, Macfarlane, Peter W., Cobbe, Stuart M.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2007
Scotland, Prevention, Drug therapy, Pravastatin

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Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(sub 2) as an independent predictor of coronary heart disease

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Elevated blood levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(sub 2) may predict which men will have a heart attack or die from coronary artery disease. This enzyme may modify low-density lipoproteins inside coronary arteries.

Author: Packard, Chris J., O'Reilly, Denis S.J., Caslake, Muriel J., McMahon, Alex D., Ford, Ian, Cooney, Josephine, Macphee, Colin H., Suckling, Keith E., Krishna, Mala, Wilkinson, Francis E., Rumley, Ann, Lowe, Gordon D.O.
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2000
Patient outcomes, Mortality, Risk factors, Heart attack, Phospholipases

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C-reactive prorein and other circulating markers of inflammation in the prediction of coronary heart disease

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C-reactive protein is a relatively moderate predictor of coronary heart disease. The long-term stability of C-reactive protein values are similar to that of both blood pressure and total serum cholesterol.

Author: Rumley, Ann, Lowe, Gordon D.O., Pepys, Mark B., Danesh, John, Wheeler, Jeremy G., Hirschfield, Gideon M., Eda, Shinichi, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Gudnason, Vilmundur
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
United States, Usage, Diagnosis, C-reactive protein

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Subjects list: Health aspects, Coronary heart disease
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