I seem to remember looking up the evidence for cholesterol 'recovery' a few
years back and the figure of a full 3 months sticks in my mind, hence most
lipid secondary studies waiting at least this length of time before
recruitung.
In practice the results are probably academic, since the number of post MI
patients with a cholesterol <5mmol/L is minimal anyway and there is an
argument that even those that are still need lipid lowering treatment. It
seems analogous to the old tradition of measuring oestrogen receptors in
breast tissue to decide who should start on tamoxifen.
Eric
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From: Vivekanandan Sachidanandam <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: CHOLESTEROL AFTER MI
> The main mechanism is the popular acute phase reaction. There is a
> secondary prevention trial results published on the evidence of
> recovery of serum cholesterol to normal in one month published in
> Scandinavian Cardiovascular journal 1998; 32(Suppl 50) I think the last
> article of that supplement. Hope this is useful.
> Regards
> S.Vivek
> Barnet & Chasefarm
>
>
>
>
> Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:54:26
> +0100 "Hogan, Tim" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the mechanism for the reduction in serum cholesterol
after
> > an MI? and any evidence as to how long it takes to resume the pre-MI
> > cholesterol level (assuming no action is taken to lower cholesterol)
> >
> >
> > Tim @
> > Basildon.
> >
> >
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