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European Heart Journal 2004 25(9):712-713; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.03.016
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Editorial

Statins in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease presenting with peripheral artery disease

B Boland* and G Goderis

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UC Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL, Medecine Interne Generale, Prevention Cardio-Vasculaire, Brussels, Belgium

* Correspondence to: Benoit Boland, MD, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UC Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL, Medecine Interne Generale, Prevention Cardio-Vasculaire, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: +32-27641051; fax: +32-27643697
E-mail address: boland@mint.ucl.ac.be

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This editorial refers to "Statin therapy improves cardiovascular outcome of patients with peripheral artery disease"1 by M. Scillinger et al. on page 742

Atherosclerosis is a disease involving medium-size arteries, particularly the carotid, coronary, and femoral vessels. The detection of atherosclerosis in one of these arterial areas should prompt the clinician to intervene to protect the patient's whole arterial tree. Indeed, all patients with atherosclerosis are at high . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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