Acute effects of statins

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-73

  Laufs, Ulrich ^a   Adam, Oliver ^a  

^a Klinik Fr Innere Medizin III   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; myocardium; NADPH oxidase; outcome; statins

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOPRENOID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; RAC1 PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; ROSUVASTATIN; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISOPRENYLATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEIOTROPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84055216971     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.063     Document Type: Editorial

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