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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:256
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Does hypercholesterolemia improve operative outcomes in patients without coronary artery disease who undergo cardiac surgery?

Luca Mascitelli, MDa, Francesca Pezzetta, MDb, Mark R. Goldstein, MD, FACPc

a Medical Service, Comando Brigata alpina "Julia", Udine, Italy
b Cardiology Service, Ospedale di Tolmezzo, Tolmezzo, Italy
c Fountain Medical Court, Bonita Springs, Fla

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To the Editor:

Tabata and colleagues1Go found that preoperative use of statins was associated with lower operative mortality in patients without coronary artery disease who underwent cardiac valve surgery and suggested that the pleiotropic effects of statins may be an important biological mechanism . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2009 138: 256-257. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Effect of preoperative statins in patients without coronary artery disease who undergo cardiac surgery
Minoru Tabata, Zain Khalpey, Lawrence H. Cohn, Fredrick Y. Chen, R. Morton Bolman, III, and James D. Rawn
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2008 136: 1510-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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