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Clinical Focus: Protocols and Treatment Options for Cardiovascular Disease

Statin Wars: The Heavyweight Match-Atorvastatin versus Rosuvastatin for the Treatment of Atherosclerosis, Heart Failure, and Chronic Kidney Disease

James J. DiNicolantonio Wegmans Pharmacy, Ithaca, NYCorrespondence[email protected]
, PharmD,
Carl J. Lavie John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School/University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP,
Victor L. Serebruany HeartDrug™ Research Laboratories, The Johns Hopkins University, Towson, MD
, MD, PhD &
James H. O'Keefe Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO
, MD
Pages 7-16 | Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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