The effect of statin therapy on arterial stiffness by measuring pulse wave velocity: A systematic review

Current Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Rizos, Evangelos C ^a   Agouridis, Aris P ^a   Elisaf, Moses S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

arterial compliance; arterial stiffness; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Pulse wave velocity; statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BEZAFIBRATE; EZETIMIBE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; ARTERY; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INDOLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77956318276     PISSN: 15701611     EISSN: 18756212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157016110792006950     Document Type: Article

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