Effects of Lowering Average or Below-Average Cholesterol Levels on the Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

1994 • 8,631 citations

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

1996 • 7,450 citations

Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease with Pravastatin in Men with Hypercholesterolemia

1995 • 7,378 citations

Regression of Coronary Artery Disease as a Result of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Men with High Levels of Apolipoprotein B

1990 • 2,192 citations

Is relationship between serum cholesterol and risk of premature death from coronary heart disease continuous and graded? Findings in 356,222 primary screenees of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)

1986 • 1,758 citations

Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase as predictors of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus before clinical onset of disease

1994 • 1,697 citations

Beneficial Effects of Combined Colestipol-Niacin Therapy on Coronary Atherosclerosis and Coronary Venous Bypass Grafts

1987 • 1,651 citations

Is Relationship Between Serum Cholesterol and Risk of Premature Death From Coronary Heart Disease Continuous and Graded?

1986 • 1,248 citations

By how much and how quickly does reduction in serum cholesterol concentration lower risk of ischaemic heart disease?

1994 • 1,235 citations

Effect of Partial Ileal Bypass Surgery on Mortality and Morbidity from Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia

1990 • 999 citations

The Effect of Aggressive Lowering of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and Low-Dose Anticoagulation on Obstructive Changes in Saphenous-Vein Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafts

1997 • 954 citations

Ultrasonographically assessed carotid morphology and the risk of coronary heart disease.

1991 • 924 citations

Arterial Wall Thickness Is Associated With Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in Middle-Aged Adults

1995 • 887 citations

Effect of lovastatin on early carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events. Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Progression Study (ACAPS) Research Group.

1994 • 887 citations

Distribution and correlates of sonographically detected carotid artery disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The CHS Collaborative Research Group.

1992 • 857 citations

Effects on coronary artery disease of lipid-lowering diet, or diet plus cholestyramine, in the St Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study (STARS)

1992 • 847 citations

Effects of Lipid Lowering by Pravastatin on Progression and Regression of Coronary Artery Disease in Symptomatic Men With Normal to Moderately Elevated Serum Cholesterol Levels

1995 • 846 citations

Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis During Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia With Combined Drug Regimens

1990 • 793 citations

Ultrasonographically assessed carotid morphology and the risk of coronary heart disease.

1991 • 688 citations

Effect of simvastatin on coronary atheroma: the Multicentre Anti-Atheroma Study (MAAS)

1994 • 648 citations

Coronary Angiographic Changes with Lovastatin Therapy: The Monitored Atherosclerosis Regression Study (MARS)

1993 • 637 citations

Pravastatin, lipids, and atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries (PLAC-II)

1995 • 612 citations

Evaluation of the associations between carotid artery atherosclerosis and coronary artery stenosis. A case-control study.

1990 • 557 citations

Kuopio Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (KAPS)

1995 • 557 citations

Serum cholesterol concentration and coronary heart disease in population with low cholesterol concentrations.

1991 • 550 citations

Effects of monotherapy with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor on the progression of coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by serial quantitative arteriography. The Canadian Coronary Atherosclerosis Intervention Trial.

1994 • 504 citations

Pravastatin limitation of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries (PLAC I): Reduction in atherosclerosis progression and clinical events

1995 • 431 citations

Beneficial effects of colestipol-niacin therapy on the common carotid artery. Two- and four-year reduction of intima-media thickness measured by ultrasound.

1993 • 390 citations

Precursors of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in the Framingham Study

1994 • 349 citations

Reduction in Carotid Arterial Wall Thickness Using Lovastatin and Dietary Therapy

1996 • 326 citations

Effects of Fluvastatin on Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients With Mild to Moderate Cholesterol Elevations (Lipoprotein and Coronary Atherosclerosis Study [LCAS])

1997 • 324 citations

Stroke, Statins, and Cholesterol

1997 • 316 citations

Pravastatin reduces carotid intima-media thickness progression in an asymptomatic hypercholesterolemic Mediterranean population: The Carotid Atherosclerosis Italian Ultrasound Study

1996 • 265 citations

Associations of lipoprotein cholesterols, apolipoproteins A-I and B, and triglycerides with carotid atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

1994 • 208 citations

B-mode ultrasound images of the carotid artery wall: correlation of ultrasound with histological measurements

1993 • 110 citations

Design features and baseline characteristics of the LIPID (long-term intervention with pravastatin in ischemic disease) study: A randomized trial in patients with previous acute myocardial infarction and/or unstable angina pectoris

1995 • 92 citations

An ecological study of serum cholesterol and ischaemic heart disease between 1950 and 1990.

1994 • 86 citations

Plasma apoproteins and the severity of coronary artery disease.

1986 • 79 citations

BLOOD LIPIDS, LIPID-RELATED MEASURES, AND THE RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

1987 • 59 citations

Extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in patients with and without transient ischemic attacks and coronary artery disease.

1990 • 38 citations

Effect of Lipid-Lowering Treatment on Progression of Atherosclerotic Lesions—a Duplex Ultrasonographic Investigation

1995 • 9 citations