Comparison of the effect on long-term outcomes in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms of taking versus not taking a statin drug

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1050-1054

  Jovin, Ion S ^a   Duggal, Mona ^a   Ebisu, Keita ^c   Paek, Hyung ^a   Oprea, A Dana ^a   Tranquilli, Maryann ^b   Rizzo, John ^d   Memet, Redin ^a   Feldman, Marina ^b   Dziura, James ^a   Brandt, Cynthia A ^a   Elefteriades, John A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858749767     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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