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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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Autor principal: Pietro Maggioni, Aldo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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