Start a statin prior to vascular surgery

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-110

  Pereira, Susan L ^a   Stevermer, James J ^a   Rowland, Kate ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LESCOL XL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MYOPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 77249141644     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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