Effect of Simvastatin use on autonomic Function in Patients with end Stage Renal Disease

Cardiovascular and Hematological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-57

  Singh, Bhupinder ^a   Srinivasan, Balaji ^a   Narsipur, Sriram S ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dialysis; Heart rate variability; Simvastatin; Uremic autonomic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDIATOR; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79959294118     PISSN: 1871529X     EISSN: 1871529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152911795945178     Document Type: Article

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