Pretreatment with statins improves early outcome in patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke: a pleiotropic effect of statins or a beneficial effect of hypercholesterolemia?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Data from different studies suggest a favourable association between pretreatment with statins or hypercholesterolemia and outcome after ischaemic stroke. We examined whether there were differences in in-hospital mortality according...

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Main Authors: Balcells Miquel, Targa Cecília, Oliveres Montserrat, García-Eroles Luis, Arboix Adrià, Massons Joan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/10/47