Usefulness of Atorvastatin in Patients With Heart Failure Due to Inflammatory Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Elevated Cholesterol Levels

This study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of statin therapy in patients with heart failure secondary to inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy and moderately elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Seventy-four patients were randomized to receive atorvastatin 40 mg/day or...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of cardiology 2006-03, Vol.97 (6), p.899-904
Hauptverfasser:	Wojnicz, Romuald, Wilczek, Krzysztof, Nowalany-Kozielska, Ewa, Szyguła-Jurkiewicz, Bożena, Nowak, Jolanta, Poloński, Lech, Dyrbuś, Krzysztof, Badziński, Arkadiusz, Mercik, Gabriela, Zembala, Marian, Wodniecki, Jan, Rozek, Marius M.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Atorvastatin Calcium Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - complications Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - drug therapy Cholesterol Cholesterol, LDL - blood Cholesterol, LDL - drug effects Clinical outcomes Drug therapy Drug Therapy, Combination Endpoint Determination Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Heart Heart failure Heart Failure - drug therapy Heart Failure - etiology Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement Heptanoic Acids - therapeutic use Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Hypercholesterolemia - complications Hypercholesterolemia - drug therapy Immunohistochemistry Low density lipoprotein Male Medical sciences Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies Myocardium - pathology Pyrroles - therapeutic use Quality of Life Statins Treatment Outcome Ventricular Function, Left - drug effects
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