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Association Between Long-term Statin Use and Mortality after Successful Aneurysm Surgery

Department of Veterans Affairs; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 810 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20420

The authors examined the effects of long-term statin use on carclovascular mortality in patients who underwent successful abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgen/. The study fo> lowed for 4.7 years 519 patients who survived AAA surgery. Patients were evaluated for the use statins. h-blockers, and din cal risk factors and their association with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Cardiovascular causes were responsible for 140 deaths n the 205 patients who died during followup. The nciderce of both all-cause and cardiovascular death vas lower in statan users. ji-Blocker use was also assodated with a reduction n all-cause and cardiovascular mortalrv The authors concluded that statin use was associated with a decrease in ai -cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Key Words: abdominal aortic aneurysm • statin • cardiovascular mortality

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 17, No. 2, 173-174 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/153100350501700223


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