RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Nierengarten, Mary Beth
T1 Short-Term Treatment with Rosuvastatin Reduces Systemic Inflammation in Stable COPD Patients
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 11
SP 19
OP 19
DO 10.1177/155989771411012
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/11/19.abstract
AB This article discusses results of the Effect of Rosuvastatin Treatment in Stable COPD study [RODEO; NCT00929734; Neukamm A et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014], a randomized, double-blind clinical trial conducted to test the hypothesis that the use of statin therapy in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would be associated with improved endothelial and pulmonary function and reduced systemic inflammation.