Abstract
Statins exert several beneficial effects on patients with peripheral arterial disease, whether managed conservatively or undergoing open surgical/endovascular procedures. Statins improve perioperative and long-term mortality and morbidity rates in these patients. There is also evidence that statins improve infrainguinal bypass graft patency rates and are associated with reduced graft restenosis and amputation rates in these procedures. This review considers the beneficial effects of statins on patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass graft procedures and discusses the implicated pathomechanisms.
Keywords: Statins, peripheral arterial disease, infrainguinal bypass graft operation perioperative mortality and morbidity, peripheral endovascular procedures, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, abdominal aortic aneurysms, extremity functions
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title:Statins and Infrainguinal Vascular Bypass Procedures
Volume: 11 Issue: 1
Author(s): Kosmas I. Paraskevas, Athanasios D. Giannoukas and Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Affiliation:
Keywords: Statins, peripheral arterial disease, infrainguinal bypass graft operation perioperative mortality and morbidity, peripheral endovascular procedures, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, abdominal aortic aneurysms, extremity functions
Abstract: Statins exert several beneficial effects on patients with peripheral arterial disease, whether managed conservatively or undergoing open surgical/endovascular procedures. Statins improve perioperative and long-term mortality and morbidity rates in these patients. There is also evidence that statins improve infrainguinal bypass graft patency rates and are associated with reduced graft restenosis and amputation rates in these procedures. This review considers the beneficial effects of statins on patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass graft procedures and discusses the implicated pathomechanisms.
Export Options
About this article
Cite this article as:
I. Paraskevas Kosmas, D. Giannoukas Athanasios and P. Mikhailidis Dimitri, Statins and Infrainguinal Vascular Bypass Procedures, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2013; 11 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161111309010051
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570161111309010051 |
Print ISSN 1570-1611 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6212 |
Call for Papers in Thematic Issues
Ischemic Cardiovascular Diseases: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Therapy
Ischemic cardiovascular disease includes myocardial infarction, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, angina pectoris, etc., constitute the leading cause of patient mortality by preventing tissues from getting sufficient oxygen and nutrients. Ischemic heart disease, as a clinical condition, is characterized by myocardial ischemia, causing an imbalance between myocardial blood supply and demand, ...read more
TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN CHRONIC AND END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE
Cardiovascular disease still remains the leading cause of death in Chronic and End Stage Kidney Disease, accounting for more than half of all deaths in dialysis patients. During the past decade, research has been focused on novel therapeutic agents that might delay or even reverse cardiovascular disease and vascular calcification, ...read more
- Author Guidelines
- Graphical Abstracts
- Fabricating and Stating False Information
- Research Misconduct
- Post Publication Discussions and Corrections
- Publishing Ethics and Rectitude
- Increase Visibility of Your Article
- Archiving Policies
- Peer Review Workflow
- Order Your Article Before Print
- Promote Your Article
- Manuscript Transfer Facility
- Editorial Policies
- Allegations from Whistleblowers
- Announcements
Related Articles
-
Meet Our Editorial Board Member
Current Medical Imaging Vitamin D Metabolites and/or Analogs: Which D for Which Patient?
Current Vascular Pharmacology A Giant Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm with Arteriovenous Fistulization
Current Medical Imaging Doxycycline Inhibition of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth - A Systematic Review of the Literature
Current Vascular Pharmacology Hybrid PET Imaging in Neurologic Disease: PET/MRI Rather than PET/CT
Current Medical Imaging Role of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Patient Selection for Stroke Intervention
Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery (Discontinued) Redox Signaling Pathways Involved in Neuronal Ischemic Preconditioning
Current Neuropharmacology Cutoff Values of D-Dimer and FDP in Plasma for the Diagnosis of Thrombosis
Vascular Disease Prevention (Discontinued) Collagenolytic Enzymes and their Applications in Biomedicine
Current Medicinal Chemistry 3D CT Angiography of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Associated Ectopic Pelvic Kidney: A Case Report of Rare Concomitance
Current Medical Imaging Role of Statins in Peri-Operative Medicine
Current Drug Targets Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Current Drug Targets - CNS & Neurological Disorders Gene Therapy Targeting Inflammation in Atherosclerosis
Current Pharmaceutical Design Invasive Aspergillosis in Children and Adolescents
Current Pharmaceutical Design Cerebrovascular Diseases in HIV-Infected Patients
Current HIV Research A Review of Selected Adult Congenital Heart Diseases Encountered in Daily Practice
Current Cardiology Reviews Deep Learning Techniques for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection
Current Medical Imaging Renal Dysfunction Following Elective Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Current Vascular Pharmacology Single Photon Emission Tomography in the Diagnostic Assessment of Cardiac and Vascular Infectious Diseases
Current Radiopharmaceuticals Basilar Apex Aneurysms in the Setting of Carotid Artery Stenosis: Case Series and Angiographic Anatomic Study
Current Neurovascular Research