SS11. Aggressive Lipid-Lowering is More Effective Than Moderate Lipid-Lowering Treatment in Carotid Plaque Stabilization
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Lipid Lowering and Plaque Regression
T reatments designed to favorably affect the clinical impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) have two fundamental goals. The first goal is to diminish the symptomatic limitations imposed by arterial obstructive disease, in which the vessel's capacity to fully meet the varying oxygen demands of the myocardium is impaired. Vascular capacity may be abnormal because of a fixed flow-limiting corona...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.142