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High dose statin prophylaxis in cardiopulmonary bypass related surgery: clinical utility

BACKGROUND: Previous studies from our group demonstrated the anti-inflammatory properties of statins on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), through inhibition of neutrophil transendothelial migration. We sought to determine the utility of preoperative statin on patients undergoing cardiac surgery, to inve...

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Autores principales: Chee, Yie Roei, Watson, R William G, McCarthy, James, Chughtai, Jehan Zeb, Nölke, Lars, Healy, David G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5374690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28359339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0582-8