Statins Induce the Regression of Left Ventricular Mass in Patients With Angina

Background There is evidence that statins induce the regression of cardiac hypertrophy in a transgenic rabbit model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Methods and Results The association between treatment with statins and the regression of cardiac mass (left ventricular mass index, LVMI) was investigat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Circulation Journal 2004, Vol.68(2), pp.121-125
Hauptverfasser:	Nishikawa, Hiroaki, Miura, Shin-ichiro, Zhang, Bo, Shimomura, Hideki, Arai, Hidekazu, Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro, Matsuo, Kunihiro, Saku, Keijiro
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Angina Pectoris - drug therapy Calcium Channel Blockers Cardiomegaly - drug therapy Case-Control Studies Constriction, Pathologic Drug Evaluation Echocardiography Female Heart Ventricles - drug effects Heart Ventricles - pathology Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - pharmacology Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Hypertension Left ventricular mass index Male Middle Aged Pravastatin - pharmacology Pravastatin - therapeutic use Retrospective Studies Simvastatin - pharmacology Simvastatin - therapeutic use Statins
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