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Original paper

The possible modulatory impact of high-dose statin therapy on carotid intima-media thickness: a preliminary study

Tomasz K. Urbanowicz
1
,
Katarzyna Gabriel
2
,
Ievgen Spasenenko
2
,
Aleksandra Krasińska-Płachta
3
,
Marta Banaszkiewicz
4, 5
,
Krzysztof J. Filipiak
2, 6
,
Zbigniew Krasiński
5
,
Beata Krasińska
2
,
Andrzej Tykarski
2

  1. Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology Department, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  2. Department of Hypertensiology, Angiology and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  4. Chair and Department of Pulmonary Circulation, Thromboembolic Diseases and Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, European Health Centre, Otwock, Poland
  5. Department of Vascular, Endovascular Surgery, Angiology and Phlebology, Poznan University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland
  6. Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
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Online publish date: 2024/11/20
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