• American heart journal · Feb 2017

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Pragmatic Clinical Trial

    Atorvastatin for high-risk statin-naïve patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: The Lowering the Risk of Operative Complications Using Atorvastatin Loading Dose (LOAD) randomized trial.

    • Otavio Berwanger, de Barros E Silva Pedro G M PG Research Institute-Hospital do Coracao (HCOR), São Paulo, Brazil; Brazilian Clinical Research Institute (BCRI), São Paulo, Brazil., Roberto Ramos Barbosa, Dalton Bertolim Precoma, Estêvão Lanna Figueiredo, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Cleber Dario Pinto Kruel, Carolina Alboim, Adail Paixão Almeida, Marianna Deway Andrade Dracoulakis, Hugo Vargas Filho, Maria José Carvalho Carmona, Maia Lília Nigro LN Hospital de Base-São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil., de Oliveira Filho João Bosco JB Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira - IMIP, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil., Jose Francisco Kerr Saraiva, Rafael M Soares, Lucas Damiani, Denise Paisani, Alessandra A Kodama, Beatriz Gonzales, Dimas T Ikeoka, Philip J Devereaux, Renato D Lopes, and LOAD Investigators.
    • Research Institute-Hospital do Coracao (HCOR), São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: oberwanger@hcor.com.br.
    • Am. Heart J. 2017 Feb 1; 184: 88-96.

    AbstractPreliminary evidence suggests that statins may prevent major perioperative vascular complications.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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