Statins and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: preoperative and postoperative efficacy and safety

A Kulik, M Ruel - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: In patients with native coronary artery disease, strong evidence supports the
use of statins to reduce the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events and improve survival …

Lipid-lowering therapy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: what are the benefits?

A Kulik, M Ruel - Current opinion in cardiology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Statins clearly improve the outcomes of CABG patients. In the absence of contraindications,
all patients undergoing CABG are candidates for life-long statin therapy, with initiation …

Statins are associated with a reduced incidence of perioperative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

W Pan, T Pintar, J Anton, VV Lee, WK Vaughn… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Statin therapy in nonsurgical patient populations is associated with a
significant reduction in adverse cardiovascular events, including death, myocardial infarction …

Perioperative statin therapy is associated with a significant and dose-dependent reduction of adverse cardiovascular outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft …

A Ouattara, H Benhaoua, Y Le Manach… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether perioperative statin therapy
was associated with a dose-dependent decrease in adverse cardiovascular events after …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative statin therapy is associated with reduced cardiac mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

CD Collard, SC Body, SK Shernan, S Wang… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Statin therapy in ambulatory populations is associated with a significant
reduction in adverse cardiovascular events, including death and myocardial infarction. Much …

Statins in coronary bypass surgery: rationale and clinical use

JP Werba, E Tremoli, P Massironi, M Camera… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2003 - Elsevier
Statin therapy prevents the first occurrence and recurrence of coronary events and reduces
cardiovascular and general mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. These …

[HTML][HTML] Statins for secondary prevention and major adverse events after coronary artery bypass grafting

E Pan, SJ Nielsen, A Mennander, E Björklund… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of statin use after
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and long-term adverse events in a large population …

[HTML][HTML] Perioperative statin therapy reduces mortality in normolipidemic patients undergoing cardiac surgery

M Vaduganathan, NJ Stone, R Lee… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Statins might have pleiotropic effects, independent of their ability to reduce lipid
levels. Recent data have suggested that statins improve early survival and cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns and predictors of statin use after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

A Kulik, R Levin, M Ruel, TG Mesana… - The journal of Thoracic …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The benefits of statin therapy for patients with coronary artery disease have
been well documented, including those occurring after coronary artery bypass graft surgery …

Preoperative statin is associated with decreased operative mortality in high risk coronary artery bypass patients

JA Magovern, RJ Moraca, SH Bailey, DA Dean… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2010 - Springer
Background Statins are widely prescribed to patients with atherosclerosis. A retrospective
database analysis was used to examine the role of preoperative statin use in hospital …