Statins do not prevent cardiac surgery-associated AKI: is ubiquinone the missing link?

Intensive Care Med. 2016 Sep;42(9):1464-6. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4424-2. Epub 2016 Jun 20.

Authors

Miet Schetz¹, Heleen Oudemans-Van Straaten²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Clinical Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, KU Leuven University, Herestraat 49, 3000, Louvain, Belgium. [email protected].
² Department of Adult Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 27324240
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4424-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors*
Postoperative Complications
Ubiquinone*

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Ubiquinone