Long-Term Effect of Pravastatin on Carotid Intima–Media Complex Thickness: The J-STARS Echo Study (Japan Statin Treatment Against Recurrent Stroke)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—: The effect of statins on progression of carotid intima–media complex thickness (IMT) has been shown exclusively in nonstroke Western patients. This study aimed to determine the effect of low-dose pravastatin on carotid IMT in Japanese patients with noncardioembolic ischemic...

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Autores principales: Koga, Masatoshi, Toyoda, Kazunori, Minematsu, Kazuo, Yasaka, Masahiro, Nagai, Yoji, Aoki, Shiro, Nezu, Tomohisa, Hosomi, Naohisa, Kagimura, Tatsuo, Origasa, Hideki, Kamiyama, Kenji, Suzuki, Rieko, Ohtsuki, Toshiho, Maruyama, Hirofumi, Kitagawa, Kazuo, Uchiyama, Shinichiro, Matsumoto, Masayasu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29191850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018387

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29191850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.018387

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