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 ...

Results: After 52 weeks, atorvastatin achieved greater reductions ... thus supporting its use as monotherapy in patients with this lipid phenotype.

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 ...