Statins do more than just lower cholesterol

Lancet. 1996 Oct 19;348(9034):1079-82. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)05190-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anticholesteremic Agents / pharmacology
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arteries / drug effects*
  • Arteriosclerosis / prevention & control
  • Blood / drug effects
  • Cholesterol / metabolism*
  • Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors*
  • Lovastatin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Lovastatin / pharmacology
  • Lovastatin / therapeutic use
  • Pravastatin / pharmacology
  • Pravastatin / therapeutic use*
  • Simvastatin

Substances

  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Cholesterol
  • Lovastatin
  • Simvastatin
  • Pravastatin