Open AccessStatins and Venous Thrombosis: A Story Too Good to Be True?
Author(s) -
Frits R. Rosendaal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001311
Subject(s) - venous thromboembolism , medicine , venous thrombosis , simvastatin , intensive care medicine , hydroxymethylglutaryl coa reductase inhibitors , thrombosis , meta analysis , cardiology , statin
Frits Rosendaal comments on new findings from a meta-analysis conducted by Kazem Rahimi and colleagues, evaluating whether statins can prevent venous thromboembolism.