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Statins in Stroke Prevention and Carotid Artherosclerosis, Systematic Review and Up-to-Date Meta-Analysis
Stroke 35:2902-2909, Amarenco,P.,et al, 2004
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Article Abstract
Statins may reduce the incidence of all strokes without any increase in hemorrhagic strokes, and this effect is mainly driven by the extent of between-group LDL-C reduction. Carotid IMT progression also strongly correlated with LDL-C reduction.
 
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