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Debate: Should statin be used in patients with heart failure?
Statins reduce mortality of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, by protocol, trials have excluded patients with chronic heart failure. Since the prevalent etiology of heart failure is CAD, preventing CAD may prevent heart failure progression. Statins may have other beneficial effec...
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BioMed Central
2001
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC64827/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11806811 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cvm-2-6-266 |