Intensive lipid lowering may reduce progression of carotid atherosclerosis within 12 months of treatment: The METEOR study

Abstract

Bots ML, Palmer MK, Dogan S, Plantinga Y, Raichlen JS, Evans GW, O'Leary DH, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR III, on behalf of the METEOR Study Group (University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Keele University, Staffordshire, UK; AstraZeneca, DE; Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC; and Caritas Carney Hospital, Boston, MA; USA). Intensive lipid lowering may reduce progression of carotid atherosclerosis within 12 months of treatment: the METEOR study. © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.