Benefit of Early Statin Initiation within 48 Hours after Admission in Statin-Naive Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Although current guidelines recommend early initiation of statin in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), there is no consensus for optimal timing of statin initiation.

Methods

A total of 3,921 statin-naïve patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention were analyzed, and divided into 3 groups according to statin initiation time: group 1 (statin initiation <24 hours after admission), group 2 (24-48 hours) and group 3 (≥48 hours). We also made 3 stratified models to reduce bias: model 1 (<24 hours vs. ≥24 hours), model 2 (<48 hours vs. ≥48 hours) and model 3 (<24 hours vs. 24-48 hours). The endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE; composite of cardiac death, myocardial infarction and target-vessel revascularization) during

SUBMITTER: Kim MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511534 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature