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Reduced oxidized LDL in T2D plaques is associated with a greater statin usage but not with future cardiovascular events

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients are at a greater risk of cardiovascular events due to aggravated atherosclerosis. Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) has been shown to be increased in T2D plaques and suggested to contribute to plaque ruptures. Despite intensified statin treatment during the last decade...

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Autores principales: Singh, Pratibha, Goncalves, Isabel, Tengryd, Christoffer, Nitulescu, Mihaela, Persson, Ana F., To, Fong, Bengtsson, Eva, Volkov, Petr, Orho-Melander, Marju, Nilsson, Jan, Edsfeldt, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7737372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33317535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-020-01189-z