Background Apart from reducing the circulating LDL-c and the number of cardiovascular
cases as well as fatalities, statins have auxiliary non–lipid-related or cholesterol …

Statins essentially are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are extensively prescribed for primary
and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Compelling evidence suggests that …

Statins are long known class of medicines and the most frequently prescribed drugs in
cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, widely ordered not only in patients suffering from …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common complication of cardiac surgery. Cardiac
surgery-associated AKI (CSA-AKI) is caused by systemic and renal hemodynamic …

Background Hepatic dysfunction (HD) increases the morbidity and mortality rates after
cardiac surgery. However, few studies have investigated the association between HD and …

Statins essentially are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are extensively prescribed for primary
and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Compelling evidence suggests that …

Background Increased life expectancy and improved medical technology allow increasing
numbers of elderly patients to undergo cardiac surgery. Elderly patients may be at greater …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and severe complication of cardiac surgery, and
related rates of both hospitalization and long-term mortality are increasing. A number of …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication associated with increased morbidity and
mortality in cardiac surgery patients. In this context, the recent paper by Kim et al., showing …

Without doubt, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) lower
lipids in a large, clinically meaningful fashion. In the laboratory, they have a dizzying …