Does statin therapy improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving hemodialysis?

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 76-77

  Kwan, Bonnie C H ^a,b   Beddhu, Srinivasan ^b,c   Kronenberg, Florian ^d   Cheung, Alfred K ^b,e,f  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Healthcare System   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e VASLC HCS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Hemodialysis; Statins; Stroke; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644825613     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0101     Document Type: Note

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