Efficacy of standard and intensive statin treatment for the secondary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in diabetes patients: a meta-analysis.

AIMS: To estimate the efficacy of standard and intensive statin treatment in the secondary prevention of major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in diabetes patients. METHODS: A systematic search was conducted in Medline over the years 1990 to September 2013. Randomized, double-blind, clinic...

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Main Authors: Folgerdiena M de Vries, Johan Kolthof, Maarten J Postma, Petra Denig, Eelko Hak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4220992?pdf=render