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Statins Losing Their Luster?
STATINS HAVE NUMEROUS intriguing and potentially desirable pleiotropic anti-inflammatory effects that may clinically benefit patients undergoing cardiac surgery with/without cardiopulmonary bypass.1,2 Suggested clinical benefits include decreased postoperative morbidity (renal dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, stroke, infection) as well as decreased in-hospital mortality. While suppressing perioperative inflammation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery appears to make sense, nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - September 19, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Richa Dhawan, Mark A. Chaney Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
