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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2022

Statins in Pregnancy: Can We Justify Early Treatment of Reproductive Aged Women?

Amelie Pham, Aleksandra Polic, Lynsa Nguyen, Jennifer L Thompson

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. B Cell Tolerance and Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amelie PhamDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Center North, 1161 21stAvenue, South B-1100, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA.
Aleksandra PolicDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Center North, 1161 21stAvenue, South B-1100, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA.
Lynsa NguyenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Center North, 1161 21stAvenue, South B-1100, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA.
Jennifer L ThompsonDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Center North, 1161 21stAvenue, South B-1100, Nashville, TN, 37212, USA. Jennifer.l.thompson.1@vumc.org.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewStatins are the pillar of secondary prevention in reducing cardiovascular disease in high-risk adults. However, statin discontinuation is the standard recommendation in pregnant and lactating patients. This review evaluates whether we can justify the early treatment of reproductive aged women with statin therapy. RECENT

findingsStatins have several potential benefits including its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-thrombogenic properties that may prevent the worsening of atherosclerosis in high-risk women. Nevertheless, most studies on statins and teratogenicity have a limited sample size and the effects of long-term statin use on fetal and neonatal health remain unknown. Not all statins may be safe and pravastatin's cholesterol-lowering properties may be too limited to provide much maternal benefit in pregnancy. While emerging evidence supports the use of pravastatin in pregnancy, we need to better assess the risk of early cardiovascular disease and acute progression of atherosclerosis before and during pregnancy to better understand the risks and benefits of statin use.

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisCardiovascular DiseasesHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsAdultFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornLactationPravastatinPregnancyHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPravastatinAtherosclerosisCardiovascular diseaseDyslipidemiaPravastatinPregnancyStatin therapy

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PMID35699821
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