Events are defined as follows; Cerebrovascular events: Stroke (cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, unknown type of stroke), transient ischemic attack Coronary events: Myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, asymptomatic myocardial ischemia Cardiac events: Myocardial
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1.0 SYNOPSIS The primary objective of this randomized, double blind, placebo controlled pilot study is to determine if therapies aimed at lowering LDL cholesterol (HMGCoA reductase inhibitor - simvastatin) or increasing HDL cholesterol (Niaspan) will induce regression of carotid