Withdrawal of Statins Increases Event Rates in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
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- 26 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 105 (12) , 1446-1452
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000012530.68333.c8
Abstract
Background— HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (statins) reduce cardiac event rates in patients with stable coronary heart disease. Withdrawal of chronic statin treatment during acute coronary syndromes ...Keywords
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