Preoperative statin therapy is associated with improved outcomes and resource utilization in patients undergoing aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1390-1396

  McNally, Michael M ^a   Agle, Steven C ^a   Parker, Frank M ^a   Bogey, William M ^a   Powell, Charles S ^a   Stoner, Michael C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952290055     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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