Treating patients who have elevated LDL cholesterol with lipid-lowering drugs may also slow the progression of coronary calcification, German researchers report.
Dr. Stephan Achenbach, from University of Erlangen-N rnberg, and colleagues used electron beam tomography to evaluate 66 patients with coronary calcifications and LDL cholesterol levels >130 mg/dL who had not received lipid-lowering medication.
The researchers repeated the scan after a mean of 14 months, according to their report in the August 27th rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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