Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in women with elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein or dyslipidemia: results from the Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) and meta-analysis of women from primary prevention trials.

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Published in Circulation on February 22, 2010

Authors

Samia Mora1, Robert J Glynn, Judith Hsia, Jean G MacFadyen, Jacques Genest, Paul M Ridker

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Divisions of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. smora@partners.org

Associated clinical trials:

JUPITER - Crestor 20mg Versus Placebo in Prevention of Cardiovascular (CV) Events | NCT00239681

Early Vascular Healing in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients With Different Doses of Rosuvastatin (CROWN-1) | NCT03007524

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