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Fluvastatin and perioperative events in patients undergoing vascular surgery.

Olaf Schouten, Eric Boersma, Sanne E Hoeks, Robbert Benner, Hero van Urk, Marc RHM van Sambeek, Hence JM Verhagen, Nisar A Khan, Martin Dunkelgrun, Jeroen J Bax, and Don Poldermans

N Engl J Med 361(10):980-9 (2009) PMID 19726772

Adverse cardiac events are common after vascular surgery. We hypothesized that perioperative statin therapy would improve postoperative outcomes.

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0808207
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