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- in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
- — 17 Nov, 2005
Statins and ARBs: a Special Combination?

John McMurray
The VALIANT trial compared ACE-inhibitor, ARB and a combination of the two in high-risk post-MI patients, and found there may be an interaction between them and statins. John McMurray from the Western Infirmary in Glasgow.
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- in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
- — 17 Nov, 2005
Aggressive Statins: the IDEAL Treatment

Terje Pedersen
More evidence for the benefits of aggressive lipid-lowering with statins has come from the IDEAL study, which randomised nearly 9000 post-MI patients to either 80 mg of atorvastatin or 20/40 mg simvastatin daily. Terje Pedersen from Ulleval University …
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