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Statins for all: the new premed?

Z L S Brookes1, C C McGown, C S Reilly

  • 1Microcirculation Research Group, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, University of Sheffield, K Floor, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, UK.

British Journal of Anaesthesia
|June 9, 2009
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Statins offer perioperative benefits beyond lipid lowering, potentially reducing cardiac complications and sepsis. Continue statin therapy for patients already taking them, but prophylactic use lacks strong evidence.

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Differential Effects of Lipid-lowering Drugs in Modulating Morphology of Cholesterol Particles
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Differential Effects of Lipid-lowering Drugs in Modulating Morphology of Cholesterol Particles

Published on: November 10, 2017

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Vascular Biology

Background:

  • Statins are widely prescribed and frequently used by surgical patients.
  • Evidence suggests statins provide benefits beyond lipid reduction, including mitigating perioperative cardiac events and sepsis.
  • Understanding the cellular mechanisms of these effects is crucial for perioperative care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the cellular mechanisms underlying statins' non-lipid-lowering effects.
  • To examine the clinical evidence for statin use in the perioperative period.
  • To clarify the current recommendations for perioperative statin therapy.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of cellular mechanisms of statin action.
  • Analysis of clinical studies on perioperative statin use.
  • Evaluation of evidence for continuing versus initiating statin therapy around surgery.

Main Results:

  • Statins influence vascular nitric oxide (NO) pathways, affecting inducible and endothelial NO synthase.
  • Clinical data suggest continued statin use in the perioperative period is beneficial.
  • Evidence supporting the prophylactic initiation of statins before surgery is limited and lacks robust controlled trials.

Conclusions:

  • Statins possess pleiotropic effects beneficial in the perioperative setting.
  • Continuation of existing statin therapy during surgery is supported by strong evidence.
  • Prophylactic use of statins perioperatively requires further investigation through prospective controlled studies.