Preoperative statins and outcomes after cardiac surgery: Do not throw out the baby with the bathwater

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 703-704

  Faraoni, D ^a   Dinardo, J A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RENAL PROTECTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS;

EID: 84937911076     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: 18271596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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