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Statins and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Reaffirmation vs. Repudiation

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  • Chamberlain I. Obialo

    (Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310-1495, USA)

  • Elizabeth O. Ofili

    (Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310-1495, USA)

  • Keith C. Norris

    (Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA)

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is several-fold higher in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although statins have been shown to provide significant CVD benefits in both the general population and patients with CKD, this has not translated into survival advantage in patients with advanced CKD or on dialysis. It has been reported that CVD risk continues to escalate as CKD progresses to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD); however, the CVD risk reduction by statins appears to decline as patients’ progress from the early to later stages of CKD. Statins have also been associated with a higher incidence of stroke in ESKD patients. Thus, the CVD benefits of statins in ESKD remain questionable.

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  • Chamberlain I. Obialo & Elizabeth O. Ofili & Keith C. Norris, 2018. "Statins and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Reaffirmation vs. Repudiation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2733-:d:187617
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