Association of statins and 28-day mortality rates in patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection

ZN Memel, JJ Lee, AS Foulkes… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Statins may be protective in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SARS-CoV-2 infection. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of in-hospital …

Cholesterol in relation to COVID-19: should we care about it?

D Radenkovic, S Chawla, M Pirro, A Sahebkar… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Current data suggest that infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) causing corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) seems to follow a more severe …

Simvastatin in critically ill patients with Covid-19

REMAP-CAP Investigators - New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The efficacy of simvastatin in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019
(Covid-19) is unclear. Methods In an ongoing international, multifactorial, adaptive platform …

Statins as an adjunctive therapy for COVID-19: the biological and clinical plausibility

T Kashour, R Halwani, YM Arabi… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected millions of individuals and has claimed …

[HTML][HTML] Statins as early therapy to mitigate COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated ARDS and cytokine storm syndrome–time is of the essence

N Teoh, G Farrell - Journal of Clinical and Translational Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While most coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections run a benign course with
recovery, the inexorable rise in case fatalities in several countries is grim testimony to the …

Pros and cons for use of statins in people with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19)

R Subir - Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and aims Morbidity and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is
higher among people with diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and cardiovascular disease …

Could statins do more than lower cholesterol in patients with COVID-19?

R Rubin - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Center cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MS, has received a phone call from friends or
relatives in India who have COVID-19. They want to know whether they should start taking …

Promising effects of atorvastatin on mortality and need for mechanical ventilation in patients with severe COVID‐19; a retrospective cohort study

M Haji Aghajani, O Moradi… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Considering the anti‐inflammatory effect of atorvastatin and the role of medical
comorbidities such as hypertension and coronary artery disease on the prognosis of the …

[HTML][HTML] Potential role of statins in COVID-19

KCH Lee, DW Sewa, GC Phua - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Patients with COVID-19 infection have an increased risk of cardiovascular complications
and thrombotic events. Statins are known for their pleiotropic anti-inflammatory …

Biological actions, implications, and cautions of statins therapy in COVID-19

C Liu, W Yan, J Shi, S Wang, A Peng, Y Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) showed worse prognosis and higher mortality in
individuals with obesity. Dyslipidemia is a major link between obesity and COVID-19 …