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Statins Protect Heart Patients from Sepsis

February 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment
Donald Redelmeier

Donald Redelmeier, University of Toronto
Abstract: Lancet 2006; 367:413
Treatment with the lipid lowering agents statins reduced the incidence of sepsis among a large group of patients with cardiovascular disease studied in Canada. Donald Redelmeier and co-workers report their findings in the Lancet.

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