ContextPatients experience the highest rate of death and recurrent ischemic events during
the early period after an acute coronary syndrome, but it is not known whether early initiation …

T here have been five primary prevention trials of which the purpose was to determine
whether reducing hypercholesterolemia would also decrease the incidence of coronary …

The relation between risk of angina pectoris and plasma concentrations of vitamins A, C,
and E and carotene was examined in a population case-control study of 110 cases of …

Offers a viewpoint that states that available data indicates that total mortality is unchanged
when hypercholesterolemia is lowered and the fall in cardiac mortality is offset by an …

Abstract Serum-free-fatty-acid (FFA) levels measured in 200 patients during the first forty-
eight hours after an acute myocardial infarction have been related to the prevalence of …

The propensity of atherosclerotic plaques to disrupt may be influenced by their lipid content
and the distribution of these lipids within the plaque. To investigate this, we analyzed the …

The mechanisms leading to ventricular fibrillation that occur during acute myocardial
ischemia are ill understood. Whether primary ventricular fibrillation is due to a transient …

Aims Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Myocardial Ischaemia Reduction
with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) study had diminished cardiovascular …

Background Mivazerol is a drug with alpha2-agonist properties that reduces post-ganglionic
noradrenaline availability and spinal efferent sympathetic output. Methods A double-blind …

Plasma-concentrations of certain substrates and hormones were measured serially and
hourly from 1 to 5 hours after the onset of major symptoms in sixteen patients with acute …