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ArticleDisease markers2015

Effects of Long-Term Statin Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with or without Chronic Kidney Disease.

Huiling Huang, Chunmei Zeng, Yuedong Ma, Yili Chen, Cong Chen, Chen Liu, Yugang Dong

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Article in Disease markers, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huiling HuangDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Chunmei ZengDepartment of Cardiology, Yulin City First People's Hospital No. 495 Jiao Yu Zhong Road, Yuzhou, Yulin, Guangxi 537000, China.
Yuedong MaDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Yili ChenDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Cong ChenDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Chen LiuDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Yugang DongDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China ; Key Laboratory on Assisted Circulation, Ministry of Health, Guangzhou 510080, China.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe effect of long-term statin therapy is essential for secondary prevention of adverse clinical outcomes of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. No study has compared the effects of long-term statin treatment in CAD patients with or without chronic kidney disease (CKD) and CKD only patients.

methodsWe compared the effects of long-term statin therapy (average follow-up time 5.79 years) in terms of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), all-cause death, and cardiac death among 570 CAD patients with or without CKD and 147 CKD only patients.

resultsThe all-cause death and cardiac death of the patients with CAD and CKD (24.4% and 20.4%) doubled those of CAD only patients (10.7% and 9.1%) (P < 0.001). Long-term statin therapy dramatically reduced the rates of both MACE and all-cause death/cardiac death (by 20.5% and 28.6%/27.7%, resp.) in CAD and CKD patients. CKD only patients had no significant adverse clinical outcomes and were not responsive to long-term statin therapy.

conclusionChinese CAD patients with CKD had dramatically high rates of adverse clinical outcomes; for them, long-term statin therapies were exceptionally effective in improving morbidity and mortality. CKD patients who had no cardiovascular disease initially can prognose good clinical outcomes and do not require statin treatment.

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AgedCase-Control StudiesCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedRenal Insufficiency, ChronicHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

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