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Case Reports
. 2021 Jul;74(7):637-640.
doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2021.01.005. Epub 2021 Jan 21.

Impact of statins in patients with COVID-19

[Article in English, Spanish]
Álvaro Aparisi  1 , Ignacio J Amat-Santos  2 , Diego López Otero  3 , Marta Marcos-Mangas  1 , José R González-Juanatey  3 , J Alberto San Román  4
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Impact of statins in patients with COVID-19

[Article in English, Spanish]
Álvaro Aparisi et al. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2021 Jul.
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  • In-Hospital Use of Statins Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Mortality among Individuals with COVID-19.
    Zhang XJ, Qin JJ, Cheng X, Shen L, Zhao YC, Yuan Y, Lei F, Chen MM, Yang H, Bai L, Song X, Lin L, Xia M, Zhou F, Zhou J, She ZG, Zhu L, Ma X, Xu Q, Ye P, Chen G, Liu L, Mao W, Yan Y, Xiao B, Lu Z, Peng G, Liu M, Yang J, Yang L, Zhang C, Lu H, Xia X, Wang D, Liao X, Wei X, Zhang BH, Zhang X, Yang J, Zhao GN, Zhang P, Liu PP, Loomba R, Ji YX, Xia J, Wang Y, Cai J, Guo J, Li H. Zhang XJ, et al. Cell Metab. 2020 Aug 4;32(2):176-187.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.06.015. Epub 2020 Jun 24. Cell Metab. 2020. PMID: 32592657 Free PMC article.

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