Statin therapy and the acute inflammatory response after coronary artery bypass grafting

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作者
Brull, DJ
Sanders, J
Rumley, A
Lowe, GDO
Humphries, SE
Montgomery, HE
机构
[1] UCL Royal Free & UCL Med Sch, Dept Med, British Heart Fdn Labs, Ctr Cardiovasc Genet, London WC1E 6JJ, England
[2] Glasgow Royal Infirm, Dept Med, Glasgow G4 0SF, Lanark, Scotland
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D O I
10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01696-4
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Preoperative statin therapy has been shown to improve cardiovascular outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting; however, the clinical gain achieved is in excess of the reduction in lipids. We demonstrate that statin therapy exerts a direct anti-inflammatory effect mediated through reduced interleukin-6 production.
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