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Letters to the Editor

Reply to Hudorovic

Would a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of statins on patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery be ethical?

^a Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
^b Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 22 January 2008; accepted 25 January 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7830 2258; fax: +44 20 7830 2235. (Email: paraskevask@hotmail.com).

Key Words: Statins • Cardiothoracic surgery • Perioperative mortality

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Unfortunately, the comments by Dr Hudorovic [1] are inaccurate and incorrect. Dr Hudorovic states that ‘there are a number of recent studies, unfortunately the author cited only one, that suggest statin therapy may reduce the risk of perioperative complications [2–4]’. This statement is not true; of the ‘recent studies’ he mentions [2–4], two [2,3] are actually cited in my article [5]; one is reference number 183 [2] and the other is reference number 17 [3]. . . . [Full Text of this Article]