October 3, 1996Open Access

The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels

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Does pravastatin reduce coronary events in patients after myocardial infarction with average cholesterol levels?

Population

Patients after myocardial infarction with average cholesterol levels

Intervention

Pravastatin (cholesterol-lowering therapy)

Outcome

Coronary eventshard clinical

Pravastatin provides clinical benefit in reducing coronary events for post-myocardial infarction patients even when their cholesterol levels are average.

Abstract

These results demonstrate that the benefit of cholesterol-lowering therapy extends to the majority of patients with coronary disease who have average cholesterol levels.

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Authors

Frank M. Sacks

Marc A. Pfeffer

Lemuel A. Moyé

Journals

New England Journal of Medicine

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Institutions

Harvard University

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Washington University in St. Louis

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