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Preoperative statin use and in-hospital outcomes following heart surgery in patients with unstable angina

Author(s) -

Imran Ali,

Karen J. Buth

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.014

Subject(s) - medicine , unstable angina , statin , angina , cardiology , emergency medicine , coronary heart disease , myocardial infarction

Unstable angina (UA) is characterized by a state of coronary artery vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. Statins mitigate inflammation and endothelial dysfunction and decrease mortality associated with percutaneous interventions for UA. We determined whether preoperative statin use is associated with decreased mortality and morbidity following coronary artery bypass+/-valve surgery for UA.

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