Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

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SimvastatinMedicineCoronary heart diseaseCholesterolInternal medicineCardiologyHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsCoronary diseaseRandomized controlled trialStatinClinical trial

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Year: 1994
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                                    Anders Olsson, 
                                
                                    John J.V. McMurray, 
                                
                                    G Thorgeirsson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1994). 
                            Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S). 
                            The Lancet
                            
                            .