Reduction in early stroke risk in carotid stenosis with transient ischemic attack associated with statin treatment

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Statins reduce stroke risk when initiated months after TIA/stroke and reduce early vascular events in acute coronary syndromes, possibly via pleiotropic plaque-stabilisation. Few data exist regarding acute statin use in TIA. We aimed to determine if statin pre-treatment at TI...

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Main Authors: Merwick, Áine, Albers, Gregory W, Arsava, Ethem M, Ay, Hakan, Calvet, David, Coutts, Shelagh B, Cucchiara, Brett L, Demchuk, Andrew M, Giles, Matthew F, Mas, Jean-Louis, Olivot, Jean Marc, Purroy, Francisco, Rothwell, Peter M, Saver, Jeffrey L, Sharma, Vijay K, Tsivgoulis, Georgios, Kelly, Peter J
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871879/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23908061
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001576
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