The Effect of Rosuvastatin on Inflammation, Matrix Turnover and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Kaspar Broch ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kaspar Broch, Erik T. Askevold

  * E-mail: kaspar.broch@ous-hf.no

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Erik T. Askevold ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kaspar Broch, Erik T. Askevold

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Erik Gjertsen,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust; Drammen, Norway

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• Thor Ueland,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Arne Yndestad,

  Affiliation Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Kristin Godang,

  Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Wenche Stueflotten,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Johanna Andreassen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Rolf Svendsmark,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Hans-Jørgen Smith,

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Svend Aakhus,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

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• Pål Aukrust,

  Affiliations Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Lars Gullestad

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, K. G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre and Center for Heart Failure Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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