Treat stroke to target trial design: First trial comparing two LDL targets in patients with atherothrombotic strokes

BACKGROUND: In patients with non-cardio-embolic stroke, atorvastatin 80 mg/day reduced the relative risk of recurrent stroke by 16%, and a post hoc analysis showed that achieving an LDL-c of less than 70 mg/dL reduced the relative risk by 28% as compared to an on-treatment LDL of 100 mg/dL or more....

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Published in:Eur Stroke J
Main Authors: Amarenco, Pierre, Kim, Jong S, Labreuche, Julien, Giroud, Maurice, Lee, Byung-Chul, Mahagne, Marie-Hélène, Nighoghossian, Norbert, Simon, Tabassome, Steg, Philippe Gabriel, Touboul, Pierre-Jean, Vicaut, Eric, Yelles, Nessima, Bruckert, Eric
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6960693/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31984235
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396987319838100
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