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IMPACT of PCSK9 inhibition on clinical outcome in patients during the inflammatory stage of the SARS-COV-2 infection: Rationale and protocol of the IMPACT-SIRIO 5 study


- Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
- Department of Health Promotion, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
- Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, School of Public Health, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract


Title
IMPACT of PCSK9 inhibition on clinical outcome in patients during the inflammatory stage of the SARS-COV-2 infection: Rationale and protocol of the IMPACT-SIRIO 5 study
Journal
Issue
Article type
Study Protocol
Pages
140-147
Published online
2021-11-15
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5931
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DOI
10.5603/CJ.a2021.0148
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Bibliographic record
Cardiol J 2022;29(1):140-147.
Authors
Jacek Kubica
Przemysław Podhajski
Przemysław Magielski
Aldona Kubica
Piotr Adamski
Roman Junik
Jarosław Pinkas
Eliano P. Navarese


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