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We sought to determine whether preoperative statin treatment is more effective in reducing, after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, systemic inflammatory response and myocardial damage markers in patients who have elevated preoperative interleukin-6 levels than in patients who have normal preoperative interleukin-6 levels. The study involved a prospective cohort of 164 patients who underwent coronary and valvular surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
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