American heart journal
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American heart journal · Feb 2017
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Pragmatic Clinical TrialAtorvastatin for high-risk statin-naïve patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: The Lowering the Risk of Operative Complications Using Atorvastatin Loading Dose (LOAD) randomized trial.
Preliminary evidence suggests that statins may prevent major perioperative vascular complications.