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Association of statin therapy with ventricular arrhythmias among patients with acute coronary syndrome

BACKGROUND: In addition to lowering cholesterol, statins stabilise atherosclerotic plaques and can potentially reduce the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias. We tested the hypothesis that prior statin therapy is associated with a lower incidence of inhospital ventricular arrhythmias among patients...

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Autores principales: Apiyasawat, Sirin, Sritara, Piyamitr, Ngarmukos, Tachapong, Sriratanasathavorn, Charn, Kasemsuwan, Piya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3622494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23585812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartasia-2012-010225