Statin therapy is associated with reduced mortality across all age groups of individuals with significant coronary disease, including very elderly patients
- 16 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Vol. 40 (10) , 1777-1785
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02477-4
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