A randomized, controlled trial of simvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Secondary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events--Reduction of Cholesterol to Key European Targets Trial

Alistair S Hall; Beryl M Jackson; Amanda J Farrin; Maria Efthymiou; Julian H Barth; Joanne Copeland; Kristian M Bailey; Simon P R Romaine; Anthony J Balmforth; Terry McCormack; Andrew Whitehead; Marcus D Flather; Jane Nixon; SPACE ROCKET Trial Group; Gordon Murray

doi:10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283316ce8

A randomized, controlled trial of simvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Secondary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events--Reduction of Cholesterol to Key European Targets Trial

Alistair S Hall, Beryl M Jackson, Amanda J Farrin, Maria Efthymiou, Julian H Barth, Joanne Copeland, Kristian M Bailey, Simon P R Romaine, Anthony J Balmforth, Terry McCormack, Andrew Whitehead, Marcus D Flather, Jane Nixon, SPACE ROCKET Trial Group, Gordon Murray

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We sought to evaluate reports that rosuvastatin 10 mg is a more efficacious treatment of hyperlipidaemia than is simvastatin 40 mg, hoping to assess this issue in the previously unstudied context of acute myocardial infarction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	712-21
Number of pages	10
Journal	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Volume	16
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283316ce8
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Hall, A. S., Jackson, B. M., Farrin, A. J., Efthymiou, M., Barth, J. H., Copeland, J., Bailey, K. M., Romaine, S. P. R., Balmforth, A. J., McCormack, T., Whitehead, A., Flather, M. D., Nixon, J., SPACE ROCKET Trial Group, & Murray, G. (2009). A randomized, controlled trial of simvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Secondary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events--Reduction of Cholesterol to Key European Targets Trial. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 16(6), 712-21. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283316ce8

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A randomized, controlled trial of simvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Secondary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events--Reduction of Cholesterol to Key European Targets Trial. / Hall, Alistair S; Jackson, Beryl M; Farrin, Amanda J et al.
In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2009, p. 712-21.

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Hall AS, Jackson BM, Farrin AJ, Efthymiou M, Barth JH, Copeland J et al. A randomized, controlled trial of simvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Secondary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events--Reduction of Cholesterol to Key European Targets Trial. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2009;16(6):712-21. doi: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283316ce8

A randomized, controlled trial of simvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the Secondary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events--Reduction of Cholesterol to Key European Targets Trial

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