Journal article
Association Between Preoperative Statin Use and Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers in Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of cardiac operations for which there remains no specific therapy. Animal data and several observational studies suggest that statins prevent AKI, but the results are not conclusive, and many studies are retrospective in nature.
METHODS: We conducted a multicenter prospective cohort study of 625 adult patients undergoing elective cardiac operations. All patients were taking statins …
Authors
Molnar AO; Parikh CR; Coca SG; Thiessen-Philbrook H; Koyner JL; Shlipak MG; Myers ML; Garg AX; Consortium T-A
Journal
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 97, No. 6, pp. 2081–2087
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.033
ISSN
0003-4975
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Acute Kidney InjuryAcute-Phase ProteinsAdultAgedBiomarkersCardiac Surgical ProceduresCohort StudiesFemaleHepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1HumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsInterleukin-18Lipocalin-2LipocalinsMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiddle AgedProspective StudiesProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptors, Virus