Addition of Simvastatin to Carvedilol and Endoscopic Variceal Ligation improves rebleeding and survival in patients with Child-Pugh A and B class but not in Child Pugh C class
Open Access
- 20 August 2019
- journal article
- Published by Heighten Science Publications Corporation in Annals of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Vol. 3 (1), 020-026
- https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.acgh.1001010
Abstract
No abstract availableThis publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
- Statin use and infections in Veterans with cirrhosisAlimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2013
- Randomized, controlled trial of carvedilol versus nadolol plus isosorbide mononitrate for the prevention of variceal rebleedingJournal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2012
- Intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol with 80 mg versus 20 mg simvastatin daily in 12 064 survivors of myocardial infarction: a double-blind randomised trialThe Lancet, 2010
- Simvastatin Lowers Portal Pressure in Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled TrialGastroenterology, 2009
- Statins Are Associated With a Reduced Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Large Cohort of Patients With DiabetesGastroenterology, 2009
- Nadolol plus isosorbide mononitrate alone or associated with band ligation in the prevention of recurrent bleeding: a multicentre randomised controlled trialGut, 2009
- Atorvastatin lowers portal pressure in cirrhotic rats by inhibition of RhoA/Rho-kinase and activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthaseJournal of Hepatology, 2007
- Simvastatin enhances hepatic nitric oxide production and decreases the hepatic vascular tone in patients with cirrhosisGastroenterology, 2004
- Acute and chronic hemodynamic effects of propranolol in unselected cirrhotic patientsJournal of Hepatology, 1987
- The Effect of Propranolol on Portal Hypertension in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Hemodynamic StudyJournal of Hepatology, 1982