Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2015 May;175(5):691-700. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0289.
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Patients in the continuation group continued to receive statins. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Outcomes included death within 60 days (primary outcome), survival, cardiovascular events, performance status, quality of life (QOL), symptoms, number of nonstatin medicatio …
Patients in the continuation group continued to receive statins. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Outcomes included death within 60 days ( …