Lipid lowering drugs and recurrences of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in high-risk patients.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on September 01, 2000

Authors

J De Sutter1, R Tavernier, M De Buyzere, L Jordaens, G De Backer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium. johan.desutter@rug.ac.be

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