Lower mortality following coronary arterial revascularization in patients taking statins

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Oddsson, Saemundur J ^a   Sigurdsson, Martin Ingi ^a   Helgadottir, Solveig ^a   Sigurjonsson, Hannes ^a   Viktorsson, Sindri ^a   Arnorsson, Thorarinn ^a   Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur ^a,b   Gudbjartsson, Tomas ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Mortality; Statins

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOCENTESIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870035277     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2012.719633     Document Type: Article

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