Long-term benefits of atorvastatin on the incidence of cardiovascular events: the ASCOT-Legacy 20-year follow-up
These observations provide further evidence for the long-term legacy effects of statins and have implications for the early introduction of statins to prevent CV events and mortality.
Authors
- Ajay Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5807-8503)
- Cono Ariti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7615-0935)
- Somayeh Rostamian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-9493)
- Andrew Whitehouse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-1575)
- Judith Mackay
- William Whiteley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4816-8991)
- Peter S. Sever (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-2409)
- Neil R Poulter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-997X)
- Thomas Godec
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- William Harvey Research Institute (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325104
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02