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Significant Difference in Acute Coronary Lesions in Patients on Therapeutic Statin Therapy Compared to Those Without
Background Statin therapy has been shown to alter coronary plaque via decreasing lipid-rich pools, substituting with fibrocalcific plaque. We propose that acute coronary lesions in patients on therapeutic statin therapy, compared with patients not on statin therapy with elevated low-density lipoprot...
Autores principales: | Alvarez, Chikezie, Keh, Ernestine, Li, Yiting, Siu, Henry |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133839 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10673 |
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