Statins may be beneficial for patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung diseases.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that statins might be safe and beneficial for patients with PH due to chronic lung diseases. However, larger RCTs with more patients and longer observational duration are needed. PMID: 28932549 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research