Open AccessStatin Therapy May Be Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Hidekatsu Fukuta,
David C. Sane,
Steffen Brucks,
William C. Little
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.519876
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiology , diastolic heart failure , diastole , intensive care medicine , blood pressure , ejection fraction
No therapy has been shown to improve survival in heart failure (HF) with a normal ejection fraction (EF). There are plausible reasons to hypothesize that statins may be of benefit in HF with a normal EF.
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