Effect of rosuvastatin on fatigue in patients with heart failure

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1121-1122

  Perez, Ana Cristina ^a   Jhund, Pardeep ^a   Preiss, David ^a   Kjekshus, John ^b   McMurray, John J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

FATIGUE; FLUOROBENZENES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PYRIMIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84875454396     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.004     Document Type: Letter

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