Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30423861›Full record

ReviewDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2018

The Role of Statins in the Management of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Dimitrios Siskos, Konstantinos Tziomalos

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Review in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 76% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimitrios SiskosDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, University Hospital Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany. dimitrios.siskos@uk-koeln.de.
Konstantinos TziomalosFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece. ktziomalos@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3172-1594
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRUniversity Hospital Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Each year, a large number of patients undergo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) worldwide. Accumulating evidence suggests that the preoperative administration of statins might be useful in preventing adverse events after CABG. In the present review, we discuss the role of statins in the perioperative management of patients undergoing CABG. Preoperative administration of statins in these patients substantially reduces the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation and shortens hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Atorvastatin appears to be more effective, particularly when administered at high doses. Given these benefits and the safety of statins, their administration should be considered in patients undergoing CABG, even though the statins do not appear to affect the incidence of cardiovascular events and overall mortality perioperatively.

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acute kidney injuryatrial fibrillationcoronary artery bypass graftingpleiotropic actionsstatinsstroke

Identifiers

PMID30423861
PMCPMC6313444
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