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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2007

Atherosclerosis regression: is low-density lipoprotein or high-density lipoprotein the answer?

Stephen J Nicholls, E Murat Tuzcu, Steven E Nissen

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen J NichollsDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Code JJ-65, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. nichols1@ccf.org
E Murat Tuzcu
Steven E Nissen
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is the cornerstone of risk modification in patients with established coronary artery disease. Considerable attention is currently focused on developing pharmacologic agents that promote the biologic activity of high-density lipoprotein. Advances in imaging of the artery wall provide the opportunity to evaluate the impact of medical therapies on serial changes in plaque burden. A number of reports describe the favorable effects of interventions that lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or promote the biologic activity of high-density lipoprotein. The current state of evidence defining the relative contribution of changes in plasma lipids on the tendency to plaque regression is reviewed.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ImagingAnticholesteremic AgentsApolipoprotein A-IApolipoproteins BAtherosclerosisClinical Trials as TopicCoronary AngiographyDisease ProgressionEndosonographyHumansLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLTomography, X-Ray ComputedAnticholesteremic AgentsApolipoprotein A-IApolipoproteins BLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDL

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PMID18173953
OpenAlexW2063681225

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