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Editorial
. 2017 Apr;9(4):936-939.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.10.

Investigating the long-term legacy of statin therapy

Kohei Takata  1 , Peter J Psaltis  1 , Stephen J Nicholls  1
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Editorial

Investigating the long-term legacy of statin therapy

Kohei Takata et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: SJ Nicholls reports having received research support from Anthera, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Cerenis, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Resverlogix and Sanofi-Regeneron and is a consultant for AstraZeneca, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelehim, CSL Behring, Cerenis, Eli Lilly, Kowa, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Resverlogix, Roche, Sanofi-Regeneron and Takeda. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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