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Heart 92:1603-1609 doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.082560
  • Cardiovascular medicine

Short-term statin treatment improves endothelial function and neurohormonal imbalance in normocholesterolaemic patients with non-ischaemic heart failure

Table 4

 Clinical measurements of heart failure after placebo and statin administration

Placebo Statin treatment p Value
Data presented as mean (SEM).
MLHFQL, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Quality of Life.
Internal dimension in diastole (mm) 68.0 (2.5) 67.0 (2.6) 0.41
Internal dimension in systole (mm) 59.1 (2.7) 56.6 (3.6) 0.20
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) 29.7 (2.3) 31.0 (2.4) 0.59
Peak early diastolic transmitral flow velocity (cm/s) 76.4 (7.6) 76.8 (8.1) 0.37
Peak transmitral flow velocity with atrial contraction (cm/s) 83.4 (4.8) 76.6 (4.3) 0.20
Deceleration time (ms) 224.5 (26.8) 204.5 (18.3) 0.37
Left ventricular mass (g) 273.9 (23.5) 306.0 (32.1) 0.25
6 min walking test (m) 466.2 (18.9) 471.9 (20.2) 0.44
MLHFQL questionnaire score 28.5 (4.6) 29.9 (4.5) 0.63

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