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Effect of rosuvastatin in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Gissi-Hf investigators
- 04 Oct 2008 - 
- Vol. 372, Iss: 9645, pp 1231-1239
TLDR
Rosuvastatin 10 mg daily did not affect clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure of any cause, in whom the drug was safe.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2008-10-04. It has received 956 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rosuvastatin Calcium & Rosuvastatin.

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2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

TL;DR: Authors/Task Force Members: Piotr Ponikowski* (Chairperson) (Poland), Adriaan A. Voors* (Co-Chair person) (The Netherlands), Stefan D. Anker (Germany), Héctor Bueno (Spain), John G. F. Cleland (UK), Andrew J. S. Coats (UK)
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ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis And Treatment of Acute And Chronic Heart Failure 2008

TL;DR: Authors/Task Force Members: John J. McMurray (Chairperson) (UK), Stamatis Adamopoulos (Greece), Stefan D. Anker (Germany), Angelo Auricchio (Switzerland), Michael Böhm ( Germany), Kenneth Dickstein (Norway), Volkmar Falk (Sw Switzerland), Gerasimos Filippatos (G Greece), Cândida Fonseca (Portugal), Miguel Angel Gomez-Sanchez (Spain).
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Upregulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase by HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors

TL;DR: Findings suggest that HMG CoA reductase inhibitors may have beneficial effects in atherosclerosis beyond that attributed to the lowering of serum cholesterol by increasing ecNOS activity.
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Early Intensive vs a Delayed Conservative Simvastatin Strategy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Phase Z of the A to Z Trial

TL;DR: Among patients with ACS, the early initiation of an aggressive simvastatin regimen resulted in a favorable trend toward reduction of major cardiovascular events and the trial did not achieve the prespecified end point.
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Effect of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Gissi-Hf investigators
- 04 Oct 2008 - 
TL;DR: A simple and safe treatment with n-3 PUFA can provide a small beneficial advantage in terms of mortality and admission to hospital for cardiovascular reasons in patients with heart failure in a context of usual care.
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