Rationale, design, and baseline features of a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of statin for the secondary prevention of stroke: the Japan Statin Treatment Against Recurrent Stroke (J-STARS)

BACKGROUND: Although statin therapy is beneficial for preventing first strokes, the benefit for recurrent stroke and its sub-types remains unknown in Asian populations. The aim of this study is to examine the role of pravastatin in the secondary prevention of stroke in Japanese patients. METHODS: Th...

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Autores principales: Nagai, Yoji, Kohriyama, Tatsuo, Origasa, Hideki, Minematsu, Kazuo, Yokota, Chiaki, Uchiyama, Shinichiro, Ibayashi, Setsuro, Terayama, Yasuo, Takagi, Makoto, Kitagawa, Kazuo, Nomura, Eiichi, Hosomi, Naohisa, Ohtsuki, Toshiho, Yamawaki, Takemori, Matsubara, Yoshihiro, Nakamura, Masakazu, Yamasaki, Yoshimitsu, Mori, Etsuro, Fukushima, Masanori, Kobayashi, Shotai, Shinohara, Yukito, Yamaguchi, Takenori, Matsumoto, Masayasu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12099

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