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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:1100-1101
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Statins with equivalent lipid-lowering capacity exhibit differential effects on atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Antonios Kourliouros, MRCS, Neil Roberts, MRCS, Marjan Jahangiri, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St George's Hospital, London, UK

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the study by Lertsburapa and colleagues1Go highlighting the beneficial effects of preoperative statin therapy on atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery. This nested cohort analysis constituted part of the Atrial Fibrillation Suppression Trials I, II, and III, which evaluated the effects of oral amiodarone, atrial septal pacing and preservation of aortic fat pad on AF after cardiac surgery. A total of 555 patients were studied. Postoperative AF occurred in 27.8% of the patients receiving statins versus. 36.6% not receiving statins, demonstrating a statistically significant reduction in postoperative AF in response to statin . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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