Effect of pre-stroke statin use on stroke severity and early functional recovery: a retrospective cohort study

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• 作者：Jay Chol Choi ; Ji Sung Lee ; Tai Hwan Park ; Yong-Jin Cho ; Jong-Moo Park…
• 关键词：Acute stroke ; Statins ; Outcomes
• 刊名：BMC Neurology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：561 KB
• 刊物主题：Neurology; Neurochemistry; Neurosurgery;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2377

文摘

Background Experimental studies suggest that pre-stroke statin treatment has a dual effect of neuroprotection during ischemia and neurorestoration after ischemic injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-stroke statin use on initial stroke severity and early clinical outcome.