Achieving target cholesterol goals after stroke: Is in-hospital statin initiation the key?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1081-1083

  Sanossian, Nerses ^a,b   Saver, Jeffrey L ^a   Liebeskind, David S ^a   Kim, Doojin ^a   Razinia, Tannaz ^a   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 33747156892     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.8.1081     Document Type: Article

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