Effect of statins on the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac valve surgery

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 998-1006

  Bolesta, Scott ^a,b   Kong, Fanhui ^a  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Regional Hospital of Scranton   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiac surgery; statins; valve surgery

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; HEART VALVE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84948127604     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: 18759114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1655     Document Type: Article

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