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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:1254-1255
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Aortic stenosis and statins

Deepak Vedamurthy, MD, Janos Molnar, Rohit Arora, MD

Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Ill

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To the Editor:

The meta-analysis by Takagi and coworkers1Go addresses the effect of statins on aortic stenosis. The authors conclude that statins do retard the progression of aortic stenosis by retarding the increase in peak aortic jet velocity (PAJV) but not reducing the decrease in aortic valve area (AVA). The recent publication of the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) study2Go . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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