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Meta-Analysis Shows Statins Reduce All-Cause Mortality 22% in Elderly CHD Patients
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Title Meta-Analysis Shows Statins Reduce All-Cause Mortality 22% in Elderly CHD Patients
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568401?src=rss
Description Statins reduced all-cause mortality in elderly patients with documented coronary heart disease, and the magnitude of this effect was substantially larger than had been previously estimated. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jan 9, 2008
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