Statin therapy after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improves long-term survival.
Fredrik LiljaAnders WanhainenKevin ManiPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2024)
In this nationwide propensity score matched cohort study, preoperative statin treatment had no benefit regarding 90-day perioperative survival, but postoperative statin treatment markedly improved long-term survival. No additional benefit regarding high-dose statin treatment could be confirmed in this analysis.