New hope for chronic kidney disease patients after the JUPITER trial: Myth or reality?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 529-

  Kassimatis, Theodoros I ^a   Goldsmith, David J A ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; CREATININE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CREATININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955507346     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.027     Document Type: Letter

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