Not everyone is sold on the benefits of early ezetimibe use, especially given the modest effect seen in IMPROVE-IT.

With statins almost universally used in this setting, people who also got upfront ezetimibe in the first 12 weeks after the ...

A new study reveals that heart attack survivors could greatly reduce their risk of a second event by starting combination ...

A new study found that adding a second drug early after a heart attack may save lives. Those who added ezetimibe to a statin ...

A major new study shows that giving heart attack patients a cholesterol-lowering combo treatment early on – not months later ...

Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all, new research suggests.

Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all.

Ezetimibe the first approved direct inhibitor of intestinal cholesterol absorption inhibits the absorption of dietary and biliary cholesterol without affecting absorption of triglycerides and ...

Cardiovascular disease is by far the most common cause of death worldwide, and myocardial infarction is the most common acute ...

This extensive study, the largest to assess the most effective methods for reducing "bad" cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries, indicates that a combination of a statin and ezetimibe should ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London say patients should be treated earlier with statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe. The international team of ...