Cholesterol-lowering therapy in women and elderly patients with myocardial infarction or angina pectoris: findings from the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

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Published in Circulation on December 16, 1997

Authors

T A Miettinen1, K Pyörälä, A G Olsson, T A Musliner, T J Cook, O Faergeman, K Berg, T Pedersen, J Kjekshus

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Associated clinical trials:

Ekvasis of Atorvastatin (Antorcin®) Treatment in Patients With Acute Cardiovascular Events (EKVASIS) | NCT01770210

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