Renal Hemodynamic Effects of the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors in Normal Volunteers and in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure

Summary

This study was done to determine whether Simvastatin (a medication commonly used to treat patients with high cholesterol levels in the blood increases blood flow to the kidneys and improves renal function in normal volunteers and patients with impaired renal function secondary to polycystic kidney diseases.

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2007-01

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Publications

• Zand L, Torres VE, Larson TS, King BF, Sethi S, Bergstralh EJ, Angioi A, Fervenza FC. Renal hemodynamic effects of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Aug;31(8):1290-5. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv394. Epub 2015 Nov 27.

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