A Randomized Trial of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Calcific Aortic Stenosis
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- 9 June 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 352 (23), 2389-2397
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa043876
Abstract
Calcific aortic stenosis has many characteristics in common with atherosclerosis, including hypercholesterolemia. We hypothesized that intensive lipid-lowering therapy would halt the progression of calcific aortic stenosis or induce its regression.Keywords
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