Simvastatin inhibits aortic valve calcification in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.
Koniari
Ioanna C
IC
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, 25500 Rion Patras, Greece.
Tsamis
Konstantinos
K
Apostolakis
Efstratios
E
D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011817:Rabbits; D019821:Simvastatin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D019821:Simvastatin