Statin therapy in acute ischemic stroke: Time for large randomized trials?

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¹ From the J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center (A.C.), Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; UCL Institute of Neurology (A.C.), Queen Square, London; and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (Á.M.), London, UK. andreas.charidimou.09@ucl.ac.uk.
² From the J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center (A.C.), Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; UCL Institute of Neurology (A.C.), Queen Square, London; and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (Á.M.), London, UK.

Editorial

Andreas Charidimou et al. Neurology. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 22;86(12):1082-3.

doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002501. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

¹ From the J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center (A.C.), Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; UCL Institute of Neurology (A.C.), Queen Square, London; and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (Á.M.), London, UK. andreas.charidimou.09@ucl.ac.uk.
² From the J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center (A.C.), Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; UCL Institute of Neurology (A.C.), Queen Square, London; and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust (Á.M.), London, UK.

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Statin pretreatment is associated with better outcomes in large artery atherosclerotic stroke.
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