Articles tagged "HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Eary Use of Statins Associated with Improved Death-Censored Graft Survival Following Kidney Transplant.
T. Horwedel,¹ D. Brennan,² K. Lentine,³ J. Hagopian.¹
¹Barnes-Jewish Hospiptal, St. Louis, MO; ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; ³St. Louis University, MO.
Purpose: The impacts of statin therapy on patient and graft outcomes after kidney transplantation (KT) are controversial.Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of adult…