Preoperative statin treatment is associated with reduced postoperative mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: An 8-year retrospective cohort study
- 31 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 131 (3) , 679-685
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.11.006
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