Effect of atorvastatin on plasma NT-proBNP and inflammatory cytokine expression in patients with heart failure
“Effect of atorvastatin on plasma NT-proBNP and inflammatory cytokine expression in patients with heart failure”, vol. 14, pp. 15739-15748, 2015.
, The aim of this study was to explore the effect of atorvastatin intervention on plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and inflammatory cytokine levels in patients with heart failure (HF). One hundred and twenty-three HF patients were selected from our hospital and randomly divided into control (N = 61) and observation (N = 62) groups; the former received conventional treatment, while the latter were given conventional treatment combined with atorvastatin.