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Statins Reduce Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth, Rupture, and Perioperative Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND: There are no recognized pharmacological treatments for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), although statins are suggested to be beneficial. We sought to summarize the literature regarding the effects of statins on human AAA growth, rupture, and 30‐day mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS: We con...

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Autores principales: Salata, Konrad, Syed, Muzammil, Hussain, Mohamad A., de Mestral, Charles, Greco, Elisa, Mamdani, Muhammad, Tu, Jack V., Forbes, Thomas L., Bhatt, Deepak L., Verma, Subodh, Al‐Omran, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30371297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.008657