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Statin therapy in patients with aortic stenosis after the ASTRONOMER trial: is there still any space?

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    Giuseppina Novo & Salvatore Novo

  2. Department of Clinical Medicine and Emerging Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Davide Noto & Maurizio Averna

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Novo, G., Noto, D., Averna, M. et al. Statin therapy in patients with aortic stenosis after the ASTRONOMER trial: is there still any space?. Intern Emerg Med 7 (Suppl 1), 35–36 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-011-0592-9

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