Statin-associated muscle symptoms: impact on statin therapy—European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel Statement on Assessment, Aetiology and Management

European Heart Journal - Tập 36 Số 17 - Trang 1012-1022 - 2015
Erik S.G. Stroes1, Paul M. Thompson2, Alberto Corsini3, Georgirene D. Vladutiu4, Frederick J. Raal5, Kausik K. Ray6, Michael Roden7, Evan A. Stein8, Lâle Tokgözoğlu9, Børge G. Nordestgaard10, Éric Bruckert11, Guy De Backer12, Ronald M. Krauss13, Ulrich Laufs14, Raúl D. Santos15, Robert A. Hegele16, G. Kees Hovingh17, Lawrence A. Leiter18, François Mach19, Winfried März20, Connie B. Newman21, Olov Wiklund22, Terry A. Jacobson23, Alberico L. Catapano3, M. John Chapman24, Henry N. Ginsberg25
1Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2Hartford Hospital ,Hartford, Ct.USA
3University of Milan and Multimedica IRCSS Milano, Italy
4School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
5University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
6St. Georges's University of London, UK
7Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital Düsseldorf Heinrich-Heine University, and Institute for Clinical Diabetology, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research, Germany
8Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Cincinnati, OH, USA
9Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
10Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
11Pitié-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, France
12Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
13Children׳s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA
14Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
15University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
16Western University, London, ON, Canada
17Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
18Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
19Cardiology Service, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
20Synlab Center of Laboratory Diagnostics Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
21New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
22Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
23Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA;
24INSERM, Pitié-Salpetriere University Hospital, Paris, France
25Columbia University, New York, USA

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