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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2001; 38:2006-2012
© 2001 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Statin therapy, inflammation and recurrent coronary events in patients following coronary stent implantation

Dirk H. Walter, MDa, Stephan Fichtlscherer, MDa, Martina B. Britten, MDa, Patrick Rosin, BSa, Wolfgang Auch-Schwelk, MDa, Volker Schächinger, MDa and Andreas M. Zeiher, MD*,a

a Department of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Cardiology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany



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Figure 1 Relative risks for primary combined end point events (death, myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularization) within six-month follow-up according to the presence or absence of elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (above median value 0.6 mg/dl) or presence or absence of statin treatment in patients following coronary stent implantation.

 


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Figure 2 Cumulative survival curves for primary combined end point events (death, myocardial infarction [MI], target vessel revascularization) within six-month follow-up according to the presence or absence of elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels (above median value 0.6 mg/dl) or presence and absence of statin treatment in patients following coronary stent implantation. The p value was obtained from the log-rank test.

 




 
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