A randomized trial of rosuvastatin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 29, 2009

Authors

Robert J Glynn1, Eleanor Danielson, Francisco A H Fonseca, Jacques Genest, Antonio M Gotto, John J P Kastelein, Wolfgang Koenig, Peter Libby, Alberto J Lorenzatti, Jean G MacFadyen, Børge G Nordestgaard, James Shepherd, James T Willerson, Paul M Ridker

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. rglynn@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

JUPITER - Crestor 20mg Versus Placebo in Prevention of Cardiovascular (CV) Events | NCT00239681

Role of Immune Responses After Acute Myocardial Infarction (BATTLE-AMI) | NCT02428374

Study of no Pharmacokinetic Interaction Between Rosuvastatin 20mg and Ezetimibe10mg, Fixed Dose vs Individual Components | NCT04895059

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