Todd C. Villines, MD: From the Walter Reed Army Medical Center,Washington, DC

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Intensive statin therapy in acute coronary syndrome

Eddie Hulten, MD, MPH;Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPH;Kevin Douglas, MD, MPH;Susan George, MD;Todd C. Villines, MD: From the Walter Reed Army Medical Center,Washington, DC;Uniformed Services Uni

September 10th 2008

We conducted a meta-analysis of 13 randomized controlled trials involving 17 963 subjects to determine the effect of intensive statin therapy instituted within 14 days of hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. Results showed that early, intensive statin therapy is safe and significantly decreases cardiovascular death and recurrent ischemia following acute coronary syndrome after 6 months of treatment.