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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Perioperative statin therapy for improving outcomes during and after noncardiac vascular surgery
AU - Sanders, Robert D
AU - Nicholson, Amanda
AU - Lewis, Sharon R
AU - Smith, Andrew F
AU - Alderson, Phil
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Patients undergoing vascular surgery are a high-risk population with widespread atherosclerosis, an adverse cardiovascular risk profile and often multiple co-morbidities. Postoperative cardiovascular complications, including myocardial infarct (MI), are common. Statins are the medical treatment of choice to reduce high cholesterol levels. Evidence is accumulating that patients taking statins at the time of surgery are protected against a range of perioperative complications, but the specific benefits for patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery are not clear.
AB - Patients undergoing vascular surgery are a high-risk population with widespread atherosclerosis, an adverse cardiovascular risk profile and often multiple co-morbidities. Postoperative cardiovascular complications, including myocardial infarct (MI), are common. Statins are the medical treatment of choice to reduce high cholesterol levels. Evidence is accumulating that patients taking statins at the time of surgery are protected against a range of perioperative complications, but the specific benefits for patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery are not clear.
U2 - 10.1002/14651858.CD009971.pub2
DO - 10.1002/14651858.CD009971.pub2
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23824754
VL - 7
SP - CD009971
JO - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
JF - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
SN - 1469-493X
ER -