A combination of statins and beta-blockers is independently associated with a reduction in the incidence of perioperative mortality and nonfatal myocardial infarction in patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.

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Published in Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg on October 01, 2004

Authors

M D Kertai1, E Boersma, C M Westerhout, J Klein, H Van Urk, J J Bax, J R T C Roelandt, D Poldermans

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1: Department of Cardiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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