Reduction in Early Stroke Risk in Carotid Stenosis With Transient Ischemic Attack Associated With Statin Treatment

MERWICK, ETHEM; Albers, Gregory; Arsava, Ethem; Ay, Hakan; CALVET, David; Coutts, Shelagh; Cucchiara, Brett; Demchuk, Andrew; Giles, Matthew; MAS, Jean-Louis; Olivot, Jean; PURROY, Francisco; Rothwell, Peter; SAVER, Jeffrey; Sharma, Vijay; TSIVGOULIS, Georgios; KELLY, Peter

doi:10.1161/strokeaha.113.001576

Reduction in Early Stroke Risk in Carotid Stenosis With Transient Ischemic Attack Associated With Statin Treatment

MERWICK A., Albers G. W., Arsava E. M., Ay H., CALVET D., Coutts S. B., ...Daha Fazla

STROKE, cilt.44, sa.10, ss.2814-2820, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 10
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.1161/strokeaha.113.001576
Dergi Adı: STROKE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2814-2820
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background and Purpose Statins reduce stroke risk when initiated months after transient ischemic attack (TIA)/stroke and reduce early vascular events in acute coronary syndromes, possibly via pleiotropic plaque stabilization. Few data exist on acute statin use in TIA. We aimed to determine whether statin pretreatment at TIA onset modified early stroke risk in carotid stenosis.