Effects of pravastatin in 3260 patients with unstable angina: results from the LIPID study

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PravastatinMyocardial infarctionMedicineUnstable anginaInternal medicineCardiologyHazard ratioAnginaClinical endpointPlaceboRandomized controlled trialConfidence intervalCholesterol

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 356
Issue: 9245
Pages: 1871-1875
Citations: 89
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                                    Andrew Tonkin, 
                                
                                    David Colquhoun, 
                                
                                    Jonathan Emberson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Effects of pravastatin in 3260 patients with unstable angina: results from the LIPID study. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 356
                            (9245)
                            , 1871-1875.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(00)03257-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)03257-8