title: Mortality and size of abdominal aortic aneurysm at long-term follow-up of patients not treated surgically and treated with and without statins.
abstract: Of 130 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) not treated surgically, 75 (58%) were treated with statins. The sizes of the AAAs were 4.6 +/- 0.6 cm at baseline and 4.5 +/- 0.6 cm at 23-month follow-up in patients treated with statins (p = NS) and 4.5 +/- 0.6 cm at baseline and 5.3 +/- 0.6 cm at 24-month follow-up in patients not treated with statins (p < 0.001). Four of 75 patients (5%) treated with statins died at 45-month follow-up, and 9 of 55 patients (16%) not treated with statins died at 44-month follow-up (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rishi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sukhija
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Rasham
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: Pryanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kakar
authors.forename: Sateesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D005260:Female; D006538:Heptanoic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019821:Simvastatin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D006538:Heptanoic Acids; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D011758:Pyrroles; D000069059:Atorvastatin; D019821:Simvastatin