Influence of Statin Pretreatment on Initial Neurological Severity and Short-Term Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: The Fukuoka Stroke Registry

Hiromi Ishikawa,Yoshinobu Wakisaka,Ryu Matsuo,Noriko Makihara,Jun Hata,Junya Kuroda,Tetsuro Ago,Jiro Kitayama,Hiroshi Nakane,Masahiro Kamouchi,Takanari Kitazono

Influence of Statin Pretreatment on Initial Neurological Severity and Short-Term Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: The Fukuoka Stroke Registry

2016

Hiromi Ishikawa
Yoshinobu Wakisaka
Ryu Matsuo
Noriko Makihara
Jun Hata
Junya Kuroda
Tetsuro Ago
Jiro Kitayama
Hiroshi Nakane
Masahiro Kamouchi
Takanari Kitazono

Background: Statins have neuroprotective effects against ischemic stroke. However, associations between pre-stroke statin treatment and initial stroke severity an

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Severity of illness
Cardiology
Statin
Neuroprotection
Brain ischemia
Internal medicine
Odds ratio
Stroke
Chi-squared distribution
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus

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