Stroke and Cholesterol: 'Enigma Variations'?

The relationship of raised serum cholesterol to coronary atherosclerosis, the main pathophysiological substrate for most ischaemic myocardial events, is clear. Strokes have a more complex aetiology. Hypertension and smoking are strong risk factors for stroke, and their elimination is effective in st...

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Autor principal: Stoy, Nicholas S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Physicians of London 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9429189
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description The relationship of raised serum cholesterol to coronary atherosclerosis, the main pathophysiological substrate for most ischaemic myocardial events, is clear. Strokes have a more complex aetiology. Hypertension and smoking are strong risk factors for stroke, and their elimination is effective in stroke prevention, but cholesterol has been regarded historically as a poor predictor of stroke incidence. The reasons for this are analysed and the relevance of serum cholesterol to stroke prevention discussed.
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spelling pubmed-54209772019-01-22 Stroke and Cholesterol: 'Enigma Variations'? Stoy, Nicholas S J R Coll Physicians Lond Overview The relationship of raised serum cholesterol to coronary atherosclerosis, the main pathophysiological substrate for most ischaemic myocardial events, is clear. Strokes have a more complex aetiology. Hypertension and smoking are strong risk factors for stroke, and their elimination is effective in stroke prevention, but cholesterol has been regarded historically as a poor predictor of stroke incidence. The reasons for this are analysed and the relevance of serum cholesterol to stroke prevention discussed. Royal College of Physicians of London 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC5420977/ /pubmed/9429189 Text en © Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1997 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits non-commercial use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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title_full_unstemmed Stroke and Cholesterol: 'Enigma Variations'?
title_short Stroke and Cholesterol: 'Enigma Variations'?
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