?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+role+of+statin+drugs+in+combating+cardiovascular+diseases+%E2%80%93A+review&rft.creator=Suresh+Pichandi+%2C+Palanisamy+Pasupathi%2C+Y.Yagneswara+Rao%2C+Jawahar+Farook%2C+Athimoolam+Ambika%2C++Babu+Shankar+Ponnusha+%2C+Sathiyamoorthy+Subramaniyam%2C+Rajaram+Virumandy%2C+Boopathi+subramaniyam+Int+J+Cur+Sci+Res.+&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.description=Statins+clearly+confer+substantial+benefit+in+people+with+established+cardiovascular+(CV)+disease.+Increased+cholesterol+levels+have+been+associated+with+cardiovascular+diseases+(CVD)%2C+and+statins+are+therefore+used+in+the+prevention+of+these+diseases.+Studies+have+found+that+the+ability+of+a+particular+statin+to+lower+or+reduce+LDL+is+proportional+to+the+amount+it+can+increase+HDL+levels.+This+review+article++will+focus+on+the+effective+role+of+statin+in+cardiovascular+disease+and+comparison+was+made+between+various+classes+of+statin+drugs.&rft.publisher=CurrentSciDirect+Publications&rft.date=2011-04-30&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7309%2F1%2FThe_role_of_statin_drugs_in_combating_cardiovascular_diseases_%25E2%2580%2593A_review.pdf&rft.identifier=++Suresh+Pichandi+%2C+Palanisamy+Pasupathi%2C+Y.Yagneswara+Rao%2C+Jawahar+Farook%2C+Athimoolam+Ambika%2C+Babu+Shankar+Ponnusha+%2C+Sathiyamoorthy+Subramaniyam%2C+Rajaram+Virumandy%2C+Boopathi+subramaniyam+Int+J+Cur+Sci+Res.+++(2011)+The+role+of+statin+drugs+in+combating+cardiovascular+diseases+%E2%80%93A+review.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7309%2F