Stage of chronic kidney disease and severity of coronary heart disease manifestation

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-460

  Athyros, Vasilios G ^a   Katsiki, Niki ^b   Karagiannis, Asterios ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Coronary heart disease; Dyslipidaemia; Myocardial infarction; Statins

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857244270     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2012.661716     Document Type: Review

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