Fluvastatin as Co-Medication in Heart Transplant Recipients With Elevated Creatine-Kinase

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 558-559

  Sadoni, S ^a   Kaczmarek, I ^a   Delgado, O ^a   Schmockel M ^a   Reichart, B ^a   Meiser, B ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CREATINE KINASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INDOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES; SIMVASTATIN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33847754275     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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