Statins May Prevent Blood Clots In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 00:14
in Health & Medicine
New research shows that patients with atherosclerosis receiving statin therapy had a significantly reduced risk of developing venous thromboembolism -- a collective term for DVT (blood clot) and pulmonary embolism -- than patients not on statin therapy.
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