American heart journal
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American heart journal · Nov 2007
Statin therapy is associated with improved outcomes in vascular surgery patients with renal impairment.
Little is known about the association between baseline kidney function, statin therapy, and outcome after vascular surgery in patients with and without chronic kidney disease. ⋯ The level of kidney function is an independent predictor of short- and long-term outcome after major noncardiac surgery. In addition, perioperative statin use in patients with kidney disease is associated with a reduction in the short- and long-term all-cause, cardiac, and cerebrocardiovascular mortality.