| abstract |
CHOLESTERYL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN INHIBITORS,PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCH INHIBITORS AND THE USE OF SUCH INHIBITORS TO ELEVATE CERTAIN PLASMA LIPID LEVELS,INCLUDING HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN-CHOLESTEROL AND TO LOWER CERTAIN OTHER PLASMA LIPID LEVELS, SUCH AS LDL-CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES AND ACCORDINGLY TO TREAT DISEASES WHICH ARE EXACERBATED BY LOW LEVELS OF HDL CHOLESTEROL AND/OR HIGH LEVELS OF LDL-CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES,SUCH AS ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN SOME MAMMALS, INCLUDING HUMANS. |