Primary prevention with statins for older adults
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k3695
Primary prevention with statins for older adults
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Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events and mortality in old and very old adults with and without type 2 diabetes: retrospective cohort study.BMJ. 2018 Sep 5;362:k3359. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3359. BMJ. 2018. PMID: 30185425 Free PMC article.
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