MY APPROACH to the Patient With Memory Loss Who Needs a Statin

Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2017 Feb;27(2):158-159. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.09.010. Epub 2016 Sep 22.

Authors

Karol E Watson¹, Tamer Sallam²

Affiliations

¹ UCLA Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Health Program, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: KWatson@mednet.ucla.edu.
² Clinical Cardiologist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: TSallam@mednet.ucla.edu.

PMID: 28107839
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.09.010

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MeSH terms

Atherosclerosis / diagnosis
Atherosclerosis / etiology
Atherosclerosis / prevention & control*
Biomarkers / blood
Clinical Decision-Making
Cognition* / drug effects
Dyslipidemias / blood
Dyslipidemias / complications
Dyslipidemias / diagnosis
Dyslipidemias / drug therapy*
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Lipids / blood*
Memory Disorders / complications*
Memory Disorders / diagnosis
Memory Disorders / psychology
Memory* / drug effects
Patient Selection
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Biomarkers
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Lipids