Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5615240 Journal of Clinical Lipidology 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Pravastatin reduced the risk of developing hypertension in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia. The risk reduction of cardiovascular disease with statins could be partly explained by their preventive effect on the development of hypertension.
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Preventive effect of pravastatin on the development of hypertension in patients with hypercholesterolemia: A post-hoc analysis of the Management of Elevated Cholesterol in the Primary Prevention Group of Adult Japanese (MEGA) Study
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