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Showing posts with label Statins and Mortality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Statins and Mortality. Show all posts
Friday, 13 May 2016

Statins associated with higher risk of death and heart failure in heart attack patients

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This study was published in JRSM Cardiovascular Disease 2016 Apr 21;5:2048004016639442   Study title and authors: Association of sta...
Sunday, 8 May 2016

Study stopped early because statins increased the risk of acute kidney injury in patients with kidney disease

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This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association 2016 Mar 1;315(9):877-88   Study title and authors: High...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Statin treatment leads to worse outcome for patients in an intensive care unit

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This study was published in Critical Care 2011;15(1):R74 Study title and authors: Statins do not prevent acute organ failure in ventila...
Saturday, 20 February 2016

Stroke victims taking statins have increased risk of death and a 140% increased risk of infection

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This study was published in the European Journal of Neurology 2008 Jan;15(1):82-90 Study title and authors: Simvastatin in the acute ph...
Sunday, 24 January 2016

Statins associated with 30% increased risk of death in kidney transplant patients

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This paper was published in the Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD005019   Study title and authors: HMG CoA re...
Thursday, 26 November 2015

Cardiac surgery patients taking statins have a 24% increased risk of death

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This study was published in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009 Apr 1;48(7):e66-72 Study title and authors: Preoperative statin use and i...
Monday, 16 November 2015

Cardiac surgery patients taking statins have a 42% increased risk of death

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This study was published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgergy 2012 Jul 13;7:39 Study title and authors: Hemodynamic effects of per...
Sunday, 8 November 2015

Review reveals statins only extend life by 3 or 4 days. Closer analysis finds they may actually shorten life.

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This study was published in the BMJ Open 2015 Sep 24;5(9):e007118 Study title and authors: The effect of statins on average survival...
Saturday, 12 September 2015

Statins do not prevent cardiovascular and all-cause deaths

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This paper was published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology Volume 7, Issue 3 , Pages 222-224, May 2013   Study title and authors: Po...
Friday, 14 March 2014

Statins increase the risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events

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This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association 2007 Mar 28;297(12):1344-53   Study title and authors: E...
Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Low LDL cholesterol levels are associated with reduced survival in elderly patients with heart failure

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This study was published in Cardiology 2014;127(1):45-50 Study title and authors: Low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol :...
Friday, 1 November 2013

Doctors say cholesterol and saturated fat do not cause heart disease and statins do not save lives

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Please watch the two videos, each last about 30 minutes. In the first video Dr Maryanne Demasi follows the road which led us to believe th...
Thursday, 24 October 2013

Statins increase the death rate by 53% in intensive care unit patients

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This study was published in Intensive Care Medicine 2006 Jan;32(1):160-4 Study title and authors: Statin therapy prior to ICU admission...
Friday, 18 October 2013

Statins increase the risk of death by 45% in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

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This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association 2013 Oct 9   Study title and authors: Effect of Statin ...
Monday, 16 September 2013

2% increased risk of death for patients with kidney disease who take statins

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This study was published in the Lancet 2011 Jun 25;377(9784):2181-92   Study title and authors: The effects of lowering LDL choleste...
Sunday, 2 June 2013

Statin use is associated with an increased risk of adverse events in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery for unstable angina

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This study was published in the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2005 Jun;27(6):1051-6 Study title and authors: Preoperative ...
Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Statin treatment is associated with a higher death rate and a higher risk of heart attack in angioplasty patients

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This study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine 1994 Nov 17;331(20):1331-7   Study title and authors: Lack of effec...
Monday, 29 October 2012

Statins double the risk of death in patients with coronary artery disease

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This study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine 1993 Nov 15;119(10):969-76 Study title and authors: Coronary angiographic ...
Sunday, 28 October 2012

Statins are associated with higher death rates, higher cardiac death rates and increased risk of cancer

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This study was published in Circulation 2000 Oct 10;102(15):1748-54   Study title and authors: Long-term effects of cholesterol low...
Friday, 26 October 2012

Statin treatment increases the risk of death by 301% after balloon angioplasty

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This study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1997 Oct;30(4):863-9   Study title and authors: Effec...