The effect of statin therapy on heart failure events: a collaborative meta-analysis of unpublished data from major randomized trials

The effect of statins on risk of heart failure (HF) hospitalization and HF death remains uncertain. We aimed to establish whether statins reduce major HF events.We searched Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for randomized controlled endpoint statin trials from 1...

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Main Authors: Preiss, D, Campbell, R, Murray, H, Ford, I, Packard, C, Sattar, N, Rahimi, K, Colhoun, H, Waters, D, LaRosa, J, Amarenco, P, Pedersen, T, Tikkanen, M, Koren, M, Poulter, N, Sever, P, Ridker, P, MacFadyen, J, Solomon, S, Davis, B, Simpson, L, Nakamura, H, Mizuno, K, Marfisi, R, Marchioli, R, Tognoni, G, Athyros, V, Ray, K, Gotto, A, Clearfield, M, Downs, J, McMurray, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015