Polaris - Crestor 40 mg vs Atorvastatin 80 mg for 26 Weeks

Exclusion Criteria

• •History of statin induced serious side effects, or serious hypersensitivity reaction to other statins.
• •Subjects considered to be unstable by the investigator after the following events: a myocardial infarction (heart attack), unstable angina, myocardial revascularisation or another revascularisation procedure or a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or stroke.
• •Severe congestive cardiac failure (as defined by the protocol - Appendix I).
• •Subjects awaiting a planned myocardial revascularisation prior to starting the study (i.e. planned prior to visit 1).