Table 1 Search terms and strategy to search PubMed to identify statin studies in heart failure

#1

“Right-sided” OR “right sided”

#2

“Left-sided” OR “left sided”

#3

Congestive

#4

Chronic

#5

Diastolic

#6

Systolic

#7

“Heart failure” OR “failure, heart”

#8

#7 AND (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6)

#9

“Heart decompensation” OR “decompensation, heart”

#10

#8 OR #9

#11

((clinical[Title/Abstract] AND trial[Title/Abstract]) OR clinical trials[MeSH Terms] OR clinical trial[Publication Type] OR random*[Title/Abstract] OR random allocation[MeSH Terms] OR therapeutic use[MeSH Subheading])

#12

“Statin” OR “statins” OR “hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors”

#13

#12 AND #11 AND #10