Impact of chronic statin-pretreatment on
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Georg Fuernau; Ingo Eitel; Steffen Desch; Suzanne de Waha; Gerhard Schuler; Holg
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Article
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2012
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background Recent data have demonstrated a lower mortality in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with previous treatment with statins, especially in patients with high risk profiles. Moreover, a significant reduction in enzymatic infarct size in non-STEMI patients could b