Effect of pravastatin on endothelial function in patients with coronary artery disease (cholesterol-independent effect of pravastatin)

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volume 88, Issue 11, 1 December 2001, Pages 1291-1294

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^☆: This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.