Benefit of Early Statin Therapy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Who Have Extremely Low Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
- Lee, Ki Hong
- Jeong, Myung Ho
- Kim, Ha Mi
- Ahn, Youngkeun
- Kim, Jong Hyun
- Chae, Shung Chull
- Kim, Young Jo
- Hur, Seung Ho
- Seong, In Whan
- Hong, Taek Jong
- Choi, Dong Hoon
- Cho, Myeong Chan
- Kim, Chong Jin
- Seung, Ki Bae
- Chung, Wook Sung
- Jang, Yang Soo
- Rha, Seung Woon
- Bae, Jang Ho
- Cho, Jeong Gwan
- Park, Seung Jung
DOIAbstract
ObjectivesWe investigated whether statin therapy could be beneficial in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who have baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels below 70 mg/dl.BackgroundIntensive lipid-lowering therapy with a target LDL-C value <70 mg/dl is recommended in patients with very high cardiovascular risk. However, whether to use statin therapy in patients with baseline LDL-C levels below 70 mg/dl is controversial.MethodsWe analyzed 1,054 patients with AMI who had baseline LDL-C levels below 70 mg/dl and survived at discharge from the Korean Acute MI Registry between November 2005 and December 2007. They were divided into 2 groups according to the prescribing of statins at discharge (statin group n = 60...
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