Simvastatin inhibits aortic valve calcification in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Sep;11(3):301-2. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.230920A.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aortic Valve / drug effects*
  • Aortic Valve / pathology
  • Calcinosis / etiology
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Calcinosis / prevention & control*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Heart Valve Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Hypercholesterolemia / complications
  • Hypercholesterolemia / drug therapy*
  • Hypercholesterolemia / pathology
  • Rabbits
  • Simvastatin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Simvastatin