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Nature Reviews Cardiology 2, 552 (1 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0333

Reducing mortality in diastolic heart failure: a role for statins?

Ruth Kirby

Fukuta H et al. (2005) Statin therapy may be associated with lower mortality in patients with diastolic heart failure: a preliminary report. Circulation 112: 357–363 There are no proven therapies for improving survival in patients with diastolic heart failure, which is defined as heart failure with a normal ejection fraction.