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The STAREE Heart Study

Description: Elderly people are at great risk of irregular heart rhythms and heart failure. Statin therapy may be beneficial but may also cause side effects among older people. Understanding the balance of benefits and risks of statin therapy is essential to guide doctors, patients and policy makers in how we should best approach keeping older people healthy.

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Amount: A$1,471,000

Funding type: research

Funder scheme: Project Grants - New Investigator Grant

Investigator: Ingrid Hopper

Institution: Monash University

Funded outputs count: 2

Funder award ID: 1165440

OpenAlex ID: G3337100304

STAREE-HEART: A randomized placebo-controlled trial of atorvastatin effects on a marker of cardiac aging in older individuals without prior cardiovascular disease events: Protocol and baseline description of participants

2025 · Ingrid Hopper, Thomas H. Marwick, et al. · American Heart Journal · 4

Statins for extension of disability-free survival and primary prevention of cardiovascular events among older people: protocol for a randomised controlled trial in primary care (STAREE trial)

2023 · Sophia Zoungas, Andrea Curtis, et al. · BMJ Open · 74

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