Beneficial Effect of Statin Therapy on Arterial Stiffness

Arterial stiffness describes the increased rigidity of the arterial wall that occurs as a consequence of biological aging and several diseases. Numerous studies have demonstrated that parameters to assess arterial stiffness, especially pulse-wave velocity, are predictive of those individuals that wi...

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Main Authors: Mona Alidadi, Fabrizio Montecucco, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Thomas P. Johnston, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5548310