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Statins May Worsen Fatigue in Heart Failure Patients
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Patients in the non-statin group were three times as likely to develop VTE as patients receiving statins, they found.
Given the good news/bad news conclusions of these two reports, patients should not panic, experts said. Statins provide significant benefits for patients with cardiovascular disease, Dr. Kalpalatha Guntupalli, president of the American College of Chest Physicians, said in a statement. However, as for any new medication prescribed, clinicians should closely monitor the effects that different types of statins have on individual patients.
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For more about heart failure, try the American Heart Association.
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Last updated 11/3/2009
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SOURCES: Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D., professor, medicine, the Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, University of California at Los Angeles; Nov. 3, 2009, news release, American College of Chest Physicians
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