Atorvastatin and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients on Hemodialysis

SUMMARY: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis are at high cardiovascular risk. Lowering LDL-cholesterol with statins reduces the incidence rate of cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease. In contrast, two randomized, prospective, placebo-contr...

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Main Authors: März, Winfried, Genser, Bernd, Drechsler, Christiane, Krane, Vera, Grammer, Tanja B., Ritz, Eberhard, Stojakovic, Tatjana, Scharnagl, Hubert, Winkler, Karl, Holme, Ingar, Holdaas, Hallvard, Wanner, Christoph
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Nephrology 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109927/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21493741
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.09121010
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