Effect of Rosuvastatin on Fatigue in Patients With Heart Failure

[...]the clinical significance of our findings is uncertain, especially because we studied elderly patients with systolic heart failure who might have been particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of a statin.

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 61; no. 10; pp. 1121 - 1122
Main Authors Perez, Ana Cristina, MD, Jhund, Pardeep, MB, PhD, Preiss, David, MB, PhD, Kjekshus, John, MD, PhD, McMurray, John J.V., MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 12.03.2013
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Drug therapy
Fatigue - classification
Fatigue - etiology
Fluorobenzenes - administration & dosage
Fluorobenzenes - adverse effects
Heart failure
Heart Failure - drug therapy
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - administration & dosage
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - adverse effects
Internal Medicine
Logistic Models
Medical research
Pyrimidines - administration & dosage
Pyrimidines - adverse effects
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Retrospective Studies
Rosuvastatin Calcium
Statins
Sulfonamides - administration & dosage
Sulfonamides - adverse effects
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Summary:[...]the clinical significance of our findings is uncertain, especially because we studied elderly patients with systolic heart failure who might have been particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of a statin.
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ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.004