Impact of high-dose statin pretreatment in patients with stable angina during off-pump coronary artery bypass

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-214

  Youn, Young Nam ^a   Park, Seong Yong ^a   Hwang, Yoohwa ^a   Joo, Huyn Chul ^a   Yoo, Kyung Jong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Off pump; Statin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859869157     PISSN: 2233601X     EISSN: 20936516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.3.208     Document Type: Article

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