Do we need to assess the effect of treatment withdrawal? The paradigm of life-long prevention

Editorial

François Gueyffier et al. Stroke. 2007 Oct.

. 2007 Oct;38(10):2629-30.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.492264. Epub 2007 Aug 30.

No abstract available

Comment on

Discontinuation of statin therapy and clinical outcome after ischemic stroke.
Colivicchi F, Bassi A, Santini M, Caltagirone C. Colivicchi F, et al. Stroke. 2007 Oct;38(10):2652-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487017. Epub 2007 Aug 30. Stroke. 2007. PMID: 17761916

Discontinuation of statin therapy and clinical outcome after ischemic stroke.
Colivicchi F, Bassi A, Santini M, Caltagirone C. Colivicchi F, et al. Stroke. 2007 Oct;38(10):2652-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487017. Epub 2007 Aug 30. Stroke. 2007. PMID: 17761916
Outcome of ischemic stroke in older adults.
Shil AB. Shil AB. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jun;58(6):1203-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02898.x. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010. PMID: 20722859 No abstract available.
Statintherapy in the primary and the secondary prevention of ischaemic cerebrovascular diseases.
Feher A, Pusch G, Koltai K, Tibold A, Gasztonyi B, Szapary L, Feher G. Feher A, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2011 Apr 14;148(2):131-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.012. Epub 2010 Sep 16. Int J Cardiol. 2011. PMID: 20843571 Review.
Re: Statin treatment withdrawal in ischemic stroke: a controlled randomized study.
Mascitelli L, Pezzetta F. Mascitelli L, et al. Neurology. 2008 May 6;70(19):1720-1; author reply 1721. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000313836.85138.40. Neurology. 2008. PMID: 18458235 No abstract available.
[Secondary prevention of ischemic stroke--part 2].
Hamann GF, Liebetrau M. Hamann GF, et al. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 2013 Jan;81(1):44-53; quiz 54-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330641. Epub 2013 Jan 22. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 2013. PMID: 23340971 Review. German. No abstract available.