Myocardial infarction in a 72-year-old woman with low LDL-C and increased hsCRP: implications for statin therapy.
Ridker
Paul M
PM
Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. pridker@partners.org
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