Journal article
Statins and renovascular disease in the elderly: a population-based cohort study
Abstract
AIMS: More than 90% of cases of renovascular disease (RVD) are caused by atherosclerosis; thus patients with this condition are at high risk for vascular events. We examined the association of statins with prognosis in patients with RVD.
METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a population-based cohort study in 4040 patients with RVD older than 65 years using province-wide health data in Ontario, Canada. The primary outcome was time to first …
Authors
Hackam DG; Wu F; Li P; Austin PC; Tobe SW; Mamdani MM; Garg AX
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 598–610
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
March 1, 2011
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehq452
ISSN
0195-668X