Preoperative Statin Treatment Is Not Associated with Reduced Postoperative Mortality or Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Isolated Valve Surgery

The Heart Surgery Forum
Michel DurandPierre Albaladejo

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that statin use before coronary surgery decreases the mortality and morbidity. This benefit was not clearly detected in isolated valve surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of preoperative statin therapy on postoperative complications and mortality in a large group of patients undergoing valve surgery. The data of consecutive patients undergoing isolated valve replacement during an 8-year period were retrospectively reviewed from a prospective database. Mortality was compared between the patients who received preoperative statin (statin group [SG]) and those who did not receive statin (control group [CG]) after adjustment on EuroSCORE. Main postoperative complications and mortality were compared between the 2 groups by using a propensity score analysis. During the study period, 1115 patients were prospectively included, 796 in the CG group and 319 in the SG. The SG patients were significantly older, had more cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, and weight) than the CG patients, and benefited from more elective surgery or aortic valve replacement. No difference in mortality was found between the groups: 4.4% in the SG and 4.5% in the CG, P = .95. Multivariate analysis...Continue Reading

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