Lack of Effect of Lovastatin on Restenosis after Coronary Angioplasty
Open Access
- 17 November 1994
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (20), 1331-1337
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199411173312002
Abstract
Experimental and clinical observations suggest that lowering serum lipid levels may reduce the risk of restenosis after coronary angioplasty. We report the results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial evaluating whether lowering lipid levels with lovastatin can prevent or delay restenosis after angioplasty.Keywords
This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
- Background and methods for the lovastatin restenosis trial after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1992
- Does the new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor cilazapril prevent restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty? Results of the MERCATOR study: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Multicenter European Research Trial with Cilazapril after Angioplasty to Prevent Transluminal Coronary Obstruction and Restenosis (MERCATOR) Study Group.Circulation, 1992
- Lipids and vascular restenosis.Circulation, 1992
- Prevention of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with thromboxane A2-receptor blockade. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Coronary Artery Restenosis Prevention on Repeated Thromboxane-Antagonism Study (CARPORT).Circulation, 1991
- Prevention of restenosis by lovastatin after successful coronary angioplastyAmerican Heart Journal, 1991
- Effect of lovastatin on intimal hyperplasia after balloon angioplasty: A study in an atherosclerotic hypercholesterolemic rabbitJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 1991
- Expanded Clinical Evaluation of Lovastatin (EXCEL) study results. I. Efficacy in modifying plasma lipoproteins and adverse event profile in 8245 patients with moderate hypercholesterolemiaArchives of Internal Medicine, 1991
- Changing use of coronary angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery in the treatment of chronic coronary artery diseaseThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1990
- One-year follow-up results of the 1985-1986 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Registry.Circulation, 1989
- Importance of stenosis morphology in the estimation of restenosis risk after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1989