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The Risk of Muscular Events Among New Users of Hydrophilic and Lipophilic Statins: an Observational Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Statins are effective lipid-lowering drugs for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, but muscular adverse events can limit their use. Hydrophilic statins (pravastatin, rosuvastatin) may cause less muscular events than lipophilic statins (e.g. simvastatin, atorvastatin) due to lower p...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Alexandra M., Liakoni, Evangelia, Schneider, Cornelia, Burkard, Theresa, Jick, Susan S., Krähenbühl, Stephan, Meier, Christoph R., Spoendlin, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33751411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06651-6