Atorvastatin attenuates post-implant tissue degeneration of cardiac prosthetic valve bovine pericardial tissue in a subcutaneous animal model
- 14 May 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in International Journal of Cardiology
- Vol. 141 (1), 68-74
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.174
Abstract
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