Treatment with Statins in Elderly Patients

Treatment with Statins in Elderly Patients

Elderly patients are a special category of patients, due to the physiological changes induced by age, the great number of comorbidities and drug treatment and last, but not least, to the cognitive dysfunction frequently encountered in this population. Cardiovascular disease is the most important cau...

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Main Authors:	Ruxandra-Nicoleta Horodinschi, Ana Maria Alexandra Stanescu, Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu, Anca Pantea Stoian, Daniel George Radavoi, Camelia Cristina Diaconu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:	Medicina
Subjects:	elderly atherosclerosis statin myocardial infarction stroke
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/55/11/721

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