title: Statins: a preventive strike against sepsis in patients with cardiovascular disease?
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, 52057 Aachen, Germany. mmerx@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: Marc W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Merx
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors