Statins, and the Vascular and Valvular Calcification
From: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Clinical calcium
- Publish Date: Jan 2004
- ISSN: 0917-5857
- Volume: 14
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 140-3
- Medium: Print
- Language: Japanese
- Citation (JAMA): Kojima Taro, Kozaki Koichi, et al. Statins, and the Vascular and Valvular Calcification. Jan 2004;14:140-3
Abstract
Statins are currently approved for reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, clinically. These evidences were thought to be due to the lipid-lowering effects of the statins. But recently, the growing evidences showed the various effects of statins, such as inhibition of vascular and valvular calcification. How statins affects the bone forming proteins and genes are still not known.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Blood Vessels, Calcinosis, Heart Valves, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
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