Statin for prevention of atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in Japanese patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1846-1851

  Kinoshita, Takeshi ^a   Asai, Tohru ^a   Nishimura, Osamu ^a   Hiramatsu, Norihiko ^a   Suzuki, Tomoaki ^a   Kambara, Atsushi ^a   Matsubayashi, Keiji ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Statin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PITAVASTATIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956108630     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0085     Document Type: Review

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