Statin therapy reduces the risk of ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and mortality in heart failure patients: A nationwide population-based cohort study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4805-4807

  Liao, Ying Chieh ^a   Hsieh, Yu Cheng ^a,b   Hung, Chen Ying ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^a,b   Lin, Ching Heng ^a   Wang, Kuo Yang ^a   Wu, Tsu Juey ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Statin; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TAIWAN; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

HEART FAILURE; STATIN; SUDDEN DEATH; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886422639     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.036     Document Type: Article

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