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Editorial
. 2016 Sep;8(9):2344-2347.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.09.01.

Response to perioperative statin therapy in cardiac surgery: a matter of race and timing?

Tyler P Rasmussen  1 , Prashant D Bhave  2
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Editorial

Response to perioperative statin therapy in cardiac surgery: a matter of race and timing?

Tyler P Rasmussen et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Perioperative Rosuvastatin in Cardiac Surgery.
    Zheng Z, Jayaram R, Jiang L, Emberson J, Zhao Y, Li Q, Du J, Guarguagli S, Hill M, Chen Z, Collins R, Casadei B. Zheng Z, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5;374(18):1744-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1507750. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27144849 Clinical Trial.

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