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Statin therapy: a potentially useful peri-operative intervention in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Anaesthesia 2005 November
Statin cardiovascular protection is mediated by lipid lowering and pleiotropic effects. The efficacy of statins has been established in non-surgical patients with cardiovascular disease and also more recently in non-surgical patients who sustain an acute coronary event. Peri-operative statin administration has been shown to improve both short-term and long-term cardiac outcome following non-cardiac and coronary bypass graft surgery. This cardioprotection may be independent of peri-operative haemodynamics due to a positive effect on plaque stability. Recommendations for the peri-operative statin administration are suggested. These include indications for peri-operative statin therapy, timing of administration, therapeutic targets, duration of administration, the adverse implications of peri-operative statin withdrawal, safety and cost-effectiveness.
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