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Statins decrease perioperative cardiac complications in patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery

The Statins for Risk Reduction in Surgery (StaRRS) study

Kristin O'Neil-Callahan, MD, George Katsimaglis, MD^*,, Micah R. Tepper, MD, Jason Ryan, MD, Carla Mosby, MD, John P.A. Ioannidis, MD^||,¶ and Peter G. Danias, MD, PhD^*,,,*

^* Cardiovascular Division
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Second Cardiology Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece
Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece
^|| Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
^¶ Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece

View larger version (32K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 The odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for complications in patients receiving versus those not receiving statins across subgroups defined by various parameters. BMI = body mass index; LV = left ventricular.