Statins for heart failure: at the crossroads between cholesterol reduction and pleiotropism?

Heart. 2005 Jan;91(1):1-2. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.042515.

Abstract

Statins are being hailed as the new aspirin--but are they beneficial for patients with heart failure?

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
  • Cholesterol / blood*
  • Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects
  • Endothelium, Vascular / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / blood
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Cholesterol