Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are ...

Shah et al.'s post-hoc analysis of patients enrolled in the randomized, double-blind Treating to New Targets (TNT) trial has revealed that high-dose atorvastatin after CABG surgery reduces the ...

Statin use is associated with an increased prevalence of microalbuminuria. Atorvastatin use is also related to a higher frequency of abnormally high UAE when compared with those patients taking ...

Drugs/Procedures Used Patients were randomized in a double-blind manner to pretreatment with atorvastatin (80 mg 12 hours prior to PCI and 40 mg immediately pre-PCI; n = 86) or matching placebo (n ...