Influence of cholesterol level on long-term survival and cardiac events after surgical coronary revascularization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Statins have been shown to delay the inevitable progression of atherosclerosis in native coronaries and saphenous vein grafts, thereby reducing ischemic events after surgical coronary revascularization. However, there is significant controversy as to whether titrating statin therapy to concrete cholesterol targets is appropriate.

Methods

A single-center retrospective analysis of 309 consecutive patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft in 2007 and 2008 was performed. Measurements of lipid profile subcomponents, namely total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides, in mmol/L, were obtained by retrospective review of electronic health records. The primary end point wa

SUBMITTER: Lim K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9390627 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature