Effects of perioperative statin treatment on postoperative atrial fibrillation and cardiac mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a propensity score analysis
Aim To evaluate the effect of perioperative statin treatment on postoperative atrial fibrillation and cardiac mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.Methods A total of 1890 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass were analyzed retrospectively, of which 425patients (22.4%) older than 70 were included in the s...
By Ayşegül Kunt, Sedat Özcan, Aslihan Küçüker, Dolunay Odabaşi, Alper Sami Kunt
Efficacy of chronic statin therapy on major cardiac events after coronary artery bypass grafting: low-dose versus high-dose
Aim To investigate whether chronic statin treatment after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) protects patients from majorcardiac events and provides percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) free survival.Methods A total of 232 patients with previous CABG and chronic statin therapy were selected retrospectively and were divided intotwo groups ac...
By Ayşegül Kunt, Sedat Özcan, Aslihan Küçüker, Dolunay Odabaşi, Alper Sami Kunt