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

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1051-1056

  Ali, Imtiaz S ^a,b   Buth, Karen J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Outcomes; Statins

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PREMEDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19344373948     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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