PMID: 9175404May 1, 1997Paper

Tomorrow's world: atherosclerosis in the year 2000

The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
James Shepherd

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is an increasing problem, largely due to lifestyle changes. Lipid accumulates in artery walls throughout life, and infiltration into the subintimal space of cholesterol and cholesterol esters and of inflammatory cells can lead to narrowing, clotting, thrombosis and death. Lipid-lowering agents, particularly statins [(3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarate coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors] represent one important approach to treatment. They work by blocking the conversion of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarate into mevalonate, a precursor of cholesterol. The West Of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) was a large prospective randomised study comparing the effects of pravastatin versus that of placebo in 6595 middle-aged men. In the pravastatin group the rate of fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction was reduced by one-third over 5 years, the rate of cardiovascular deaths by one-third, and overall deaths by 22% relative to the placebo group. Implications of the results are considered and the results of the US-CARE study are compared. Discussion of relative and absolute risk, and continuous and discrete risk factors leads to the formulation of rational cost/beneficial strategies for decreasing cardiovascular risk ...Continue Reading

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