Statins and all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention of patients with cardiovascular risk factors

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2041-

  Brugts, Jasper Jan ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650163078     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.455     Document Type: Note

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