Terje Pedersen Terje Pedersen, Ulleval University, Oslo Eugene Braunwald, Harvard University, Boston Lowering LDL Cholesterol intensively as a means of treating aortic stenosis was found to have no be
Terje Pedersen
Terje Pedersen, Ulleval University, OsloEugene Braunwald, Harvard University, Boston
Lowering LDL Cholesterol intensively as a means of treating aortic stenosis was found to have no benefit in the SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe In Aortic Stenosis) study reported byTerje Pedersonat a Hot Line session of the E.S.C. Congress. But the potential gains from such lowering in other clinical situations could be considerable, according toEugene Braunwaldwho chaired the session. In Munich they talked with Peter Goodwin.
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