@article {7783,
	title = {Effects of rosuvastatin on myeloperoxidase levels in patients with chronic heart failure: A randomized placebo-controlled study},
	journal = {Atherosclerosis},
	volume = {210},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Cited By :43Export Date: 21 February 2017},
	month = {2010},
	pages = {194 - 198},
	abstract = {Background: Studies indicate that myeloperoxidase (MPO) is associated with disease progression and severity in heart failure (HF), while it may provide a mechanistic link between inflammation and adverse cardiac remodeling. The mechanisms that regulate MPO are unclear, while it is unknown whether specific treatments such as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and xanthine oxidase inhibitors may modify MPO. Therefore in the present study we examined the effects of rosuvastatin and allopurinol on MPO levels in patients HF. Methods: Sixty clinically stable patients with systolic HF were randomized to receive rosuvastatin 10. mg/day, allopurinol 300. mg/day or placebo and followed up for 1 month. Plasma levels of MPO and serum levels of soluble CD40 ligand, interleukin-6, and oxidized LDL were determined using ELISA. All measurements were made before and after 1-month treatment. Results: Rosuvastatin significantly reduced plasma levels of MPO (p= 0.003), which remained unchanged in the other groups. Furthermore, the change of MPO levels in the rosuvastatin-treated group was significantly different compared with the other groups (p<0.05). Rosuvastatin administration also led to a significant decrease in oxidized LDL (p=0.009), while the other inflammatory markers remained unchanged in all groups. In the total population, a significant correlation was observed between the baseline levels of MPO and hsCRP (r=0.275, p=0.027), fibrinogen (r=0.278, p=0.025), and sCD40L (r=0.288, p=0.021). Conclusions: Short-term treatment with rosuvastatin regulates inflammatory process in patients with heart failure by significantly reducing plasma levels of MPO. This finding reveals a novel pleiotropic effect of statins in patients with heart failure, and provides further insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms of MPO in heart failure. {\textcopyright} 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.},
	keywords = {Heart failure, Inflammation, Myeloperoxidase, statins, Xanthine oxidase inhibitors},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77952430959\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.atherosclerosis.2009.10.046\&partnerID=40\&md5=d7f0e18b807355e3a2b365bd97142e3f},
	author = {Andreou, I. and Tousoulis, D. and Miliou, A. and Tentolouris, C. and Zisimos, K. and Gounari, P. and Siasos, G. and Papageorgiou, N. and Papadimitriou, C.A. and Dimopoulos, M.-A. and Stefanadis, C.}
}
