Can natriuretic peptides help identify heart failure patients for whom statins are beneficial?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Nov 10;54(20):1860-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.06.042.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorobenzenes / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Failure / blood*
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
  • Peptide Fragments / blood*
  • Prognosis
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Fluorobenzenes
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Pyrimidines
  • Sulfonamides
  • pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium