Intensive Lipitor Therapy Reduced Heart Attack and Stroke By One-3rd In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, New Analysis Shows
16th Nov 2006, 21:42 GMT
* Patients with heart disease and chronic kidney disease who took intensive Lipitor therapy reduced their risk of heart attack and stroke by 32% compared with patients taking low-dose Lipitor.
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