Is there a role of statins in the prevention of aortic biological prostheses degeneration

It has been recently observed that statins might slow the progression of aortic stenosis or sclerosis. Preliminary reports suggested a similar positive effect in reducing the degeneration of aortic valve bioprostheses even though this hypothesis should be further proven and supported by new data. In...

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Autores principales: Antonini-Canterin, Francesco, Zuppiroli, Alfredo, Baldessin, Ferdinando, Popescu, Bogdan A, Nicolosi, Gian Luigi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16805917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-4-26
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Sumario:It has been recently observed that statins might slow the progression of aortic stenosis or sclerosis. Preliminary reports suggested a similar positive effect in reducing the degeneration of aortic valve bioprostheses even though this hypothesis should be further proven and supported by new data. In this review the present evidences of the possible effects of statins in this field are discussed.

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