Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Statins Use: Clinical Implications in Patients with Carotid Disease
(Paola De Rango, Enrico Cieri, Luca Farchioni, Alessandra Manzone, Paolo Bonanno, Fabio Verzini, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Hospital S.M.Misericordia, Perugia, Italy)
Statins: Their Pleiotropic Effects Beyond Lowering Cholesterol
(Shouji Shimoyama, Gastrointestinal Unit, Settlement Clinic, Towa, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Statins in Asthma and COPD
(Kittipong Maneechotesuwan, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand)
Statins as Anticancer Agents
(Paul W. Sylvester, Abhita Malaviya, Suryatheja Ananthula, Parash Parajuli, Roshan V. Tiwari, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, USA)
Relevant Aspects of the Pleiotropic Properties and Review of Adverse Effects
(Jaime Gulín Dávila, Paloma Sempere Serrano, Antonio García Sabina, Pharmacy Service, Lucus Augusti Hospital, Lugo, Spain)
Statins: Pharmacology, Clinical Implications and Adverse Effects
(Novo Salvatore, Mignano Antonino, Chair of Cardiovascular Diseases, Centre for the Early Diagnosis of Preclinical and Multifocal Atherosclerosis and for Secondary Prevention, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital “Paolo Giaccone”, University of Palermo, Italy)
Commentary:
Alzheimer’s Disease Risk-Lowering Effect of Lipophilic Statins
(Elisa Biondi, Facoltà di Scienze Biologiche, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy)
Index
