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Incidence of perioperative myocardial infarction and of 2-year mortality in 577 elderly patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery treated with and without statins
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 10/19/09
Desai H et al. – Patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery treated with statins had a 57% less chance of having perioperative MI or death at 2–year follow–up after controlling for other variables.
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