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Statin loading in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: a new pleiotropic effect?

Vasilios G. Athyros Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Konstantinos Tziomalos First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Matilda Florentin Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinic) and Department of Surgery, UCL Medical School, University College London Royal Free Campus, London, UK
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Asterios Karagiannis Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Dimitri P. Mikhailidis Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinic) and Department of Surgery, UCL Medical School, University College London Royal Free Campus, London, UK
Pages 839-842 | Accepted 15 Jan 2010, Published online: 04 Feb 2010

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