Alice in Wonderland of statin therapy for small abdominal aortic aneurysm

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 252-255

  Takagi, Hisato ^a   Mizuno, Yusuke ^a   Yamamoto, Hirotaka ^a   Goto, Shin Nosuke ^a   Umemoto, Takuya ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Meta analysis; Statin

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY DIAMETER; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877751720     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.112     Document Type: Article

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