Do Statins Have a Role in the Promotion of Postoperative Wound Healing in Cardiac Surgical Patients?

Cardiac surgical patients often have associated comorbidities that can impede normal wound healing; however, statin therapy has the potential to improve this process through augmentation of the normal inflammatory response. Outcomes included a 30% earlier rate of wound epithelialization and an 80% g...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2014-08, Vol.98 (2), p.756-764
Hauptverfasser:	Fitzmaurice, Gerard J., MRCSI, MS, McWilliams, Billy, MS, Nölke, Lars, FRCS (CTh), Redmond, J. Mark, MD, FRCS (CTh), McGuinness, Jonathan G., PhD, FRCS (CTh), O'Donnell, Mark E., MD, FRCS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiac Surgical Procedures Cardiothoracic Surgery Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - pharmacology Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Surgery Wound Healing - drug effects
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