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Volume 3, Issue 12, Page 1 (December 2008)

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Statin Drops hsCRP, Cuts Cardiac Events

CAROLINE HELWICK (Contributing Writer)

NEW ORLEANS — Rosuvastatin reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events in healthy persons with elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and LDL cholesterol levels below current treatment thresholds in an international study of nearly 18,000 patients.

PII: S1558-0164(08)70423-1

doi:10.1016/S1558-0164(08)70423-1

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