Effect of pioglitazone in acute ischemic stroke patients with diabetes mellitus: a nested case–control study
Abstract Background Pioglitazone is an oral antidiabetic drug with multiple pleiotropic actions. Recent clinical trials have demonstrated that treatment with pioglitazone reduces cardiovascular risk in patients who have had an ischemic stroke. We examined the secondary preventive effects of pioglita...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Cardiovascular Diabetology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-019-0874-5 |