Lipid-lowering pretreatment and outcome following intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: a post hoc analysis of the Enhanced Control Of Hypertension And Thrombolysis Stroke Study trial

<p><b>Background:</b> Debate exists as to whether statin pretreatment confers an increased risk of 90- day mortality and symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) in acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). We assessed the effects of und...

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Main Authors: Minhas, J, Wang, X, Arima, H, Woodward, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Karger Publishers 2018