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Lipid-lowering therapies for aortic stenosis: a drug-target Mendelian randomization study.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy - 13 Mar 2025
Ciofani Jonathan L, Han Daniel, Rao Karan, Gill Dipender, Woolf Benjamin, Rahimi Kazem, Allahwala Usaid K, Bhindi Ravinay
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INTRODUCTION: Large observational and Mendelian randomization (MR) studies have demonstrated a strong association between both elevated LDL cholesterol (LDL-c) and triglycerides (TG) with risk of aortic stenosis (AS), although randomized trials showed no benefit of statins for AS. It consequently remains uncertain whether lipid-lowering therapies have a role to prevent or treat AS. We used a drug-target MR...
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