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Effect of pravastatin on coronary plaque volume
Kazutoshi Ishikawa1, Shigemasa Tani, Ikuyoshi Watanabe
1Department of Cardiology, Surugadai Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|October 15, 2003
Abstract:
A volumetric analysis by 3-dimensional intravascular ultrasound revealed that lipid-lowering therapy with pravastatin significantly reduced coronary plaque volume. The changes in plaque volume were inversely correlated with the changes in plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol but not with changes in levels of total cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.