Benefits of the atorvastatin therapy emerged within 30 days post ACS with continued benefit observed throughout the 2.5 years of follow-up. A more recent analysis indicates the separation may have occurred by 20 days. Further validation of the earliest separation of the two arms is  ongoing.

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