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Benefit Seen for Intensive Statins in Acute Coronary Syndrome - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today...[click 4 more]: "Accentuate the statins within two weeks of hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome to reduce the two-year risk of death and cardiovascular events, according to a meta-analysis.
Early, intensive statins after acute coronary syndrome reduced the risk of adverse coronary event by about 20% over two years with a hazard ratio of 0.81 for death and cardiovascular events overall, reported Eddie Hulten, M.D., M.P.H., of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center here in the Sept. 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. While previous data have been inconsistent in showing a short-term benefit to early, intensive statins after acute coronary syndrome, the pooled analysis of 13 randomized, controlled trials indicated that the death and cardiovascular event benefit began at four months and reached statistical significance by one year..........." |
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