Long-Term Benefit of Statin Therapy Initiated??during Hospitalization for??an??Acute??Coronary Syndrome
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs
- Vol. 7 (2), 135-141
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00129784-200707020-00005
Abstract
This study sought to determine if the initiation of statin (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor) therapy during acute coronary syndromes reduces long-term mortality and other adverse cardiac outcomes.Keywords
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