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Editorial
. 2016 Aug;8(8):1880-2.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.07.19.

Atrial fibrillation post coronary artery bypass surgery: is there still a role for perioperative statins after STICS?

Amr F Barakat  1 , Ahmed N Mahmoud  2 , Islam Y Elgendy  2
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Editorial

Atrial fibrillation post coronary artery bypass surgery: is there still a role for perioperative statins after STICS?

Amr F Barakat et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Aug.
No abstract available

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Forest plot for the risk of post-operative atrial fibrillation (AF) with atorvastatin versus rosuvastatin, P for interaction =0.046.
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Comment on

  • Perioperative Rosuvastatin in Cardiac Surgery.
    Zheng Z, Jayaram R, Jiang L, Emberson J, Zhao Y, Li Q, Du J, Guarguagli S, Hill M, Chen Z, Collins R, Casadei B. Zheng Z, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 May 5;374(18):1744-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1507750. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27144849 Clinical Trial.

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