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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2008

Statins and congestive heart failure.

Jennifer Martin

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Jennifer MartinRoyal Brisbane Women's Hospital Department of Medicine/Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, 4006, Australia. Jennifer_H_Martin@health.qld.gov.au

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite many post hoc analyses of cardiovascular databases in recent years suggesting a benefit of statins in the prevention and treatment of congestive heart failure (HF), a prospective study of statin therapy on two clinically relevant end points--HF morbidity and survival--had not been reported until 2007. However, a large-scale prospective trial, Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure (CORONA), has just reported its primary results. These results somewhat surprisingly show no survival benefit in a group of patients with ischemic systolic HF given low-dose rosuvastatin. In addition to this uncertainty generated by the results of CORONA, there remains additional uncertainty in the existing, predominantly retrospective data on statins because of the potential bias in study designs, use of post hoc subgroup analyses, and lack of mechanistic data. This review critically evaluates the recent literature in this area.

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AnimalsAtorvastatinCardiovascular DiseasesEndothelium, VascularHeart FailureHeptanoic AcidsHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPyrrolesTreatment OutcomeAtorvastatinHeptanoic AcidsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPyrroles

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