Statin therapy reduces the risk of ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and mortality in heart failure patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 12;168(5):4805-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.036. Epub 2013 Jul 23.
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Keywords: Heart failure; Statin; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmia.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Heart Failure / mortality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Rate / trends
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / drug therapy*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / epidemiology
  • Taiwan / epidemiology
  • Treatment Outcome