Laisel Martinez, Juan C Duque, Luis A Escobar, Marwan Tabbara, Arif Asif, Fadi Fayad, Roberto I Vazquez-Padron, Loay H Salman
PURPOSE: Whether statins improve arteriovenous fistula (AVF) outcomes is still a matter of debate. Taking into consideration the existing physicochemical differences between individual drugs, this study evaluates the impact of three different statins (atorvastatin, rosuvastatin and simvastatin) on one-stage and two-stage AVF outcomes. METHODS: Using a retrospective cohort of 535 patients, we analyzed the effects of each statin on primary failure and primary patency using multivariate logistic regressions and Cox proportional hazard models...
November 2, 2016: Journal of Vascular Access