Initial low-density, lipoprotein response to statin therapy predicts subsequent low-density lipoprotein response to the addition of Ezetimibe

This small retrospective study confirms the hypothesis that patients who are hyporesponders to statin therapy are hyper-responders to ezetimibe therapy and may help identify a patient population in whom ezetimibe would be particularly effective in lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. (C) 2004 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.