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Long-term statin therapy is associated with severe coronary artery calcification

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis and consequent risk of cardiovascular events or mortality can be accurately assessed by quantifying coronary artery calcium score (CACS) derived from computed tomography. HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) are the primary pharmacotherapy used to reduce cardiovascular...

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Autores principales: Ngamdu, Kyari Sumayin, Ghosalkar, Dhairyasheel S., Chung, Hojune E., Christensen, Jared L., Lee, Cadence, Butler, Celia A., Ho, Tiffany, Chu, Alice, Heath, Jacob R., Baig, Muhammad, Wu, Wen-Chih, Choudhary, Gaurav, Morrison, Alan R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10374064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37498869
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289111