Reducing mortality for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Role of statins and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-525

  Antoniu, Sabina A ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation; Mortality; Statin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELDERLY CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 73549094443     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.09.61     Document Type: Review

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