Incidence of perioperative myocardial infarction and of 2-year mortality in 577 elderly patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery treated with and without statins
- 31 October 2010
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Vol. 51 (2), 149-151
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2009.09.042
Abstract
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