Efficacy and Mechanism of Preoperative Simvastatin Therapy on Myocardial Protection after Extracorporeal Circulation

Table 3

Patients’ postoperative course.

(a)

Group	Duration of assisted respiration	24 Hr average urine volume	24 Hr total drainage	Duration of; staying in ICU	EF 10 days after operation
	(h)	(ml/h)	(ml)	(h)	(%)
Simvastatin group
Control group
	−2.208	1.761	−0.994	−1.152	2.290
	0.030	0.081	0.322	0.252	0.024

(b)

Group	Total cholesterol	Triglyceride	Low-density lipoprotein	High-density lipoprotein
	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)
Simvastatin group
Control group
	−1.057	−1.876	−1.224	−1.906
	0.293	0.063	0.224	0.059

compared with control group. EF: ejection fraction; ICU: intensive care unit.