Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality Associated With Discontinuing Statins in Older Patients Receiving Polypharmacy
In this population-based cohort study of 29 047 patients, there was evidence that discontinuing therapy with statins was associated with a significantly increased risk of hospital admission for heart failure and any cardiovascular outcome, death from any cause, and emergency admission for any cause.
The findings of this study suggest that discontinuing statins while maintaining other drug therapies may increase the long-term risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular outcomes.
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