title: Statin therapy and cardiac sympathetic activity in patients with heart failure: a 123iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igor A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lauro C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Vianna
authors.affiliation: Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raphael A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Marina
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Pró-Cardíaco Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evandro Tinoco
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.affiliation: Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Pró-Cardíaco Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudio Tinoco
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: anobrega@id.uff.br.
authors.forename: Antonio Claudio Lucas
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: da Nóbrega
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine
keywords: HMG-COA inhibitors; Heart failure; Nuclear imaging