The effect of statin therapy on the progression of carotid artery stenosis in relation to stenosis severity

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Hegland, O ^a   Kurz, M W ^a   Munk, P S ^a,b   Larsen, J P ^a,b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Statin; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; FLUINDOSTATIN; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 74049103735     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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