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F. Antonini–canterin, A. Zuppiroli, B. Popescu, G. Granata, E. Cervesato, R. Piazza, D. Pavan, G. Nicolosi (2003)
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Preoperative statin therapy is not associated with a decrease in the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.American heart journal, 155 3
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Therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and statins: no effect on ablation outcome after ablation of atrial fibrillation.American heart journal, 153 1
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Statin use and the long-term risk of incident cataract: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.American journal of ophthalmology, 143 4
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J. Tan, P. Mitchell, E. Rochtchina, Jie-Jin Wang (2007)
Statins and the long-term risk of incident age-related macular degeneration: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.American journal of ophthalmology, 143 4
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M. Mehra, P. Uber, K. Vivekananthan, Sergio Solis, R. Scott, Myung Park, R. Milani, C. Lavie (2002)
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Does statin therapy decrease the risk for bleeding in patients who are receiving warfarin?The American journal of medicine, 120 4
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Statin use is associated with improved function and survival of lung allografts.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 167 9
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Statin Use and Hospitalization for Sepsis in Patients With Chronic Kidney DiseaseJAMA, 297
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The effect of statins on serum prostate specific antigen levels in a cohort of airline pilots: a preliminary report.The Journal of urology, 173 6
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Meta-analysis of effect of statin treatment on risk of sudden death.The American journal of cardiology, 100 11
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Effect of statins on the development of renal dysfunction.The American journal of cardiology, 101 7
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Angelika Wahner, J. Bronstein, Y. Bordelon, B. Ritz (2008)
Statin use and the risk of Parkinson diseaseNeurology, 70
M. Tonelli, C. Isles, T. Craven, A. Tonkin, M. Pfeffer, J. Shepherd, F. Sacks, C. Furberg, S. Cobbe, J. Simes, M. West, C. Packard, G. Curhan (2005)
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A randomized trial of intensive lipid-lowering therapy in calcific aortic stenosis.The New England journal of medicine, 352 23
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Since the introduction of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for lowering lipids, a large amount of data has been published demonstrating their potential benefits in conditions as varied as cancer, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer’s dementia. We reviewed the published literature on MEDLINE from articles between 1950 and 2008 on the non-atheroprotective effects of statins and noted consistent benefits of statin use in improving outcomes of ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, cardiac transplant rejection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and sepsis. However, for these conditions, the level of evidence was inadequate to recommend statin use. The evidence for improving outcomes in atrial fibrillation, mortality in heart failure, contrast-induced nephropathy, cataract, age-related macular degeneration, sub-arachnoid hemorrhage, osteoporosis, dementia, and cancer incidence was conflicting and inconclusive. Furthermore, we found that most of the literature consists of small observational studies and their conclusions are often not corroborated by results from larger or randomized studies. Pending large, well designed, randomized trials, we conclude that there is no definite evidence for the use of statins in any condition besides hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.
American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs – Springer Journals
Published: Aug 17, 2012
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