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- in General Medicine
- — 11 Jan, 2008
Meta-Analysis Proves Statins Help Patients With Diabetes

Colin Baigent
REFERENCE: Lancet 371:117 January 11, 2008
COLIN BAIGENT, Oxford University
Statins were found to cut cardiovascular event rates by a fifth among patients with both Type I and Type II diabetes in a meta-analysis of 18 000
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Nov, 2007
Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results

Ake Hjalmarson

Gordon Tomaselli
REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 2, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
N Engl J Med 2007;357
AKE HJALMARSON, Sahlgrenska University, Göteborg
COMMENT: GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
The lipid
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 8 Feb, 2007
Aggressive Statin Therapy: Better than Endarterectomy for Patients with Carotid Stenosis?
HENRIK SILLESEN, University of Copenhagen
REFERENCE: Abstract No. 17
Patients with carotid artery stenosis run much lower risks of further events if treated aggressively with a statin, according to a study reported at the International Stroke Conference in San Francisco
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