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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
META-ANALYSIS
REVIEW
Long-term clinical outcomes of statin use for chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis of 15 prospective studies.
Heart, Lung & Circulation 2014 Februrary
BACKGROUND: The effect of statin treatment on the long-term prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) remains uncertain. This study aimed to answer the question by a meta-analysis.
METHODS: The Cochrane databases, MEDLINE and EMBASE, were systematically searched. The eligibility of prospective studies that assigned CHF patients to receive statin treatment and a control (no statin treatment), had defined prognostic outcomes as primary endpoint, and had a minimal follow-up of 12 months was determined.
RESULTS: Fifteen studies involving 45,110 patients were included in the analysis. Additional statin treatment was associated with reduced all-cause mortality (risk ratios [RR] = 0.71, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 0.61-0.83) and reduced rehospitalisation rate for heart failure (RR = 0.84, 95% CI 0.74-0.96). Statin treatment, however, had little impact on pump failure mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and sudden cardiac death. Atorvastatin treatment appeared to facilitate to reduce all-cause mortality (lnRR = 0.61, p = 0.05) and rehospitalisation for heart failure (lnRR = 0.44, p = 0.04) compared with non-atorvastatin therapy.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the available data, statins persistently decreased all-cause mortality and the incidence of rehospitalisation for heart failure in CHF patients, and the benefits might be partially associated with use of specific statin.
METHODS: The Cochrane databases, MEDLINE and EMBASE, were systematically searched. The eligibility of prospective studies that assigned CHF patients to receive statin treatment and a control (no statin treatment), had defined prognostic outcomes as primary endpoint, and had a minimal follow-up of 12 months was determined.
RESULTS: Fifteen studies involving 45,110 patients were included in the analysis. Additional statin treatment was associated with reduced all-cause mortality (risk ratios [RR] = 0.71, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 0.61-0.83) and reduced rehospitalisation rate for heart failure (RR = 0.84, 95% CI 0.74-0.96). Statin treatment, however, had little impact on pump failure mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and sudden cardiac death. Atorvastatin treatment appeared to facilitate to reduce all-cause mortality (lnRR = 0.61, p = 0.05) and rehospitalisation for heart failure (lnRR = 0.44, p = 0.04) compared with non-atorvastatin therapy.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on the available data, statins persistently decreased all-cause mortality and the incidence of rehospitalisation for heart failure in CHF patients, and the benefits might be partially associated with use of specific statin.
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