Atorvastatin in Perioperative Vascular Surgery - Pilot Study

Inclusion Criteria: * Vascular surgery (abdominal aortic aneurysm , carotid endarterectomy , limbs revascularization) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or lactating women * Patient with sensitivity to atorvastatin * Patient has elevations in certain laboratory values (CK, AST, ALT) * Known history of active hepatic disease or known hepatic insufficiency * Patients participating in another clinical trial * Prior statin therapy to include: \>10 mg of atorvastatin (Lipitor) or \>20 mg of other HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (statins) or use rosuvastatin * Serious infectious disease after surgery * Known history of cancer