Combination treatment of rosuvastatin or atorvastatin, with regular exercise improves arterial wall stiffness in patients with coronary artery disease.

OBJECTIVE: Statin- and exercise-therapy are both clinically beneficial by preventing cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there is no information on the vascular effects of the combination of statins and exercise on arterial wall stiffness in CAD patients. M...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Toyama, Seigo Sugiyama, Hideki Oka, Yuri Iwasaki, Hitoshi Sumida, Tomoko Tanaka, Shinji Tayama, Hideaki Jinnouchi, Hisao Ogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3400658?pdf=render