Rosuvastatin in older patients with systolic heart failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1301-

  Florkowski, Christopher M ^a   Molyneux, Sarah L ^a   George, Peter M ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ROSUVASTATIN; UBIDECARENONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROBENZENE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; UBIQUINONE;

DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; COENZYME; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FAILURE; NOTE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

COENZYMES; FLUOROBENZENES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PYRIMIDINES; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT FAILURE; UBIQUINONE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 40949130860     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc073536     Document Type: Letter

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