• Noemi Glarner, Christian Puelacher, Danielle Menosi Gualandro, Giovanna Lurati Buse, Reka Hidvegi, Daniel Bolliger, Andreas Lampart, Katrin Burri, Mirjam Pargger, Hatice Gerhard, Samantha Weder, Silvia Maiorano, Rebecca Meister, Carla Tschan, Stefan Osswald, Luzius A Steiner, Lorenz Guerke, Elisabeth A Kappos, Martin Clauss, Miodrag Filipovic, Nisha Arenja, Christian Mueller, and for the BASEL-PMI Investigators .
• From the Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (NG, CP, DMG, KB, MP, HG, SW, SM, RM, CT, SO, NA, CM), GREAT Network (NG, CP, DMG, KB, MP, HG, SW, SM, RM, NA, CM), Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany (GLB), Department of Anaesthesiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland (RH, MF), Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (DB, AL, KB, LAS), Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (LAS), Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (LG), Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (EAK), Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (MC), Centre for Musculoskeletal Infections, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (MC), Department of Cardiology, Cantonal Hospital Olten, Switzerland (NA).
• Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2023 Nov 1; 40 (11): 854864854-864.

BackgroundPeri-operative complications are common and associated with high morbidity and mortality. Optimising the use of statins might be of important benefit in peri-operative care and reduce morbidity and mortality.ObjectiveTo evaluate adherence to current guideline recommendations regarding statin therapy and its association with peri-operative and long-term cardiac complications.DesignProspective cohort study.SettingMulticentre study with enrolment from October 2014 to February 2018.PatientsEight thousand one hundred and sixteen high-risk inpatients undergoing major noncardiac surgery who were eligible for the institutional peri-operative myocardial injury/infarction (PMI) active surveillance and response program.Main Outcome MeasuresClass I indications for statin therapy were derived from the current ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines during the time of enrolment. PMI was prospectively defined as an absolute increase in cTn concentration of the 99th percentile in healthy individuals above the preoperative concentration within the first three postoperative days. Long-term cardiac complications included cardiovascular death and spontaneous myocardial infarction (MI) within 120 days.ResultsThe mean age was 73.7 years; 45.2% were women. Four thousand two hundred and twenty-seven of 8116 patients (52.1%) had a class I indication for statin therapy. Of these, 2440 of 4227 patients (57.7%) were on statins preoperatively. Adherence to statins was lower in women than in men (46.9 versus 63.9%, P  < 0.001). PMI due to type 1 myocardial infarction/injury (T1MI; n  = 42), or likely type 2 MI (lT2MI; n  = 466) occurred in 508 of 4170 (12.2%) patients. The weighted odds ratio in patients on statin therapy was 1.15 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01 to 1.31, P  = 0.036]. During the 120-day follow-up, 192 patients (4.6%) suffered cardiovascular death and spontaneous MI. After multivariable adjustment, preoperative use of statins was associated with reduced risk; weighted hazard ratio 0.59 (95% CI 0.41 to 0.86, P  = 0.006).ConclusionAdherence to guideline-recommended statin therapy was suboptimal, particularly in women. Statin use was associated with an increased risk of PMI due to T1MI and lT2MI but reduced risk of cardiovascular death and spontaneous MI within 120 days.Trial RegistrationClinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT02573532.Copyright © 2023 European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.

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