Atrial fibrillation induced by simvastatin treatment in a 61-year-old man

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Akahane, Takemi ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^b   Nishio, Hatsumi ^c   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a   Kuriyama, Shigeki ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methylglutary coenzyme a reductase inhibitor; Artrial fibrillation; Left atrial loading; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; LISINOPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; UBIQUINONE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 0042563273     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0695-y     Document Type: Article

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