Atorvastatin Prevents Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation for Patients undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis suggests that statin therapy has an overall protective effect against postoperative AF, among which, atorvastatin in a moderate dose was significantly associated with a decreased risk of new-onset AF in patients after coronary surgery. Moreover, simvastatin may also exert significant protective effect against the AF recurrences in patients undergoing cardiac surgeries, thus further prospective studies are warranted.
PMID: 29307691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Hellenic J Cardiol Source Type: research
More News: Atorvastatin Calcium | Atrial Fibrillation | Cardiology | Cholesterol | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft | Crestor | Databases & Libraries | Heart | Lipitor | Pravastatin | Rosuvastatin | Simvastatin | Statin Therapy | Study | Zivast | Zocor