Effect of statin on progression of symptomatic basilar artery stenosis and subsequent ischemic stroke.

Effect of statin on progression of symptomatic basilar artery stenosis and subsequent ischemic stroke.

Symptomatic basilar artery stenosis (BAS) is associated with high risk of ischemic stroke recurrence. We aimed to investigate whether statin therapy might prevent the progression of symptomatic BAS and stroke recurrence.We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients with acute ischemia with sympto...

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Main Authors: Kyu Sun Yum, Jun Young Chang, Won Joo Jeong, Sangkil Lee, Jin-Heon Jeong, Min-Ju Yeo, Jeong-Ho Hong, Hong-Kyun Park, Inyoung Chung, Beom Joon Kim, Jae Seung Bang, Hee-Joon Bae, Moon-Ku Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5636063?pdf=render

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