Association between short-term simvastatin therapy before coronary artery bypass grafting and postoperative myocardial blood flow as assessed by positron emission tomography.
Dotani
M Imran
MI
Section of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mdontani@caregroup.harvard.edu
Morise
Anthony P
AP
Haque
Reyaz
R
Jain
Abnash C
AC
Gupta
Naresh
N
Gibson
C Michael
CM
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011292:Premedication; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019821:Simvastatin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D019821:Simvastatin