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doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.230920B.
Statins may not prevent structural valve degeneration of aortic bioprosthetic valves, but should probably be prescribed to patients undergoing heart valve surgery nonetheless
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Statins may not prevent structural valve degeneration of aortic bioprosthetic valves, but should probably be prescribed to patients undergoing heart valve surgery nonetheless
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg.
2010 Sep.
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