Abstract:
:Statins reduce mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). An antiarrhythmic effect of statins has been suggested and reported as a possible contributing mechanism. The aim of this study was to examine whether atorvastatin had any effect on heart rate variability (HRV), an important predictor of sudden cardiac death. Eighty patients previously treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were studied. The study was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blinded crossover study. The patients were randomized in two groups, and were treated with 80 mg atorvastatin or placebo for 6 weeks before crossing over to the opposite treatment for another 6 weeks. There was no washout between treatments. Twenty-four-hour Holter recording and plasma lipids and lipoprotein measurements were performed at baseline and after each 6-week period. There was no change in HRV indices after treatment with 80 mg atorvastatin for 6 weeks. A significant reduction in total cholesterol (46%, p=0.001), LDL cholesterol (61%, p=0.001) and triglycerides (35%, p=0.001) were observed during treatment with atorvastatin. Therapy with 80 mg atorvastatin daily for 6 weeks reduced total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides significantly, while there was no effect on 24-h HRV indices. The study therefore does not lend support for any effect of atorvastatin on HRV after 6 weeks of treatment in patients treated with CABG.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Riahi S,Schmidt EB,Amanavicius N,Karmisholt J,Jensen HS,Christoffersen RP,Niebuhr U,Christensen JH,Toft Edoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.032subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-08-28 00:00:00pages
436-41issue
3eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(05)01160-5journal_volume
111pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-06-07 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2006-04-28 00:00:00
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pub_type: 信件
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pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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