Impact of statin use on heart failure mortality

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Thambidorai, Senthil K ^a,b   Deshmukh, Anand R ^a,b   Walters, Ryan W ^c   Turner, Paul D ^c   Monaghan, Michael S ^a   Mooss, Aryan N ^a   Hunter, Claire B ^a   Esterbrooks, Dennis J ^a   Mohiuddin, Syed M ^a,c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Statins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 79952486657     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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