Preoperative Use of Statins in Carotid Artery Stenting: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Pavlos TexakalidisStefanos GiannopoulosAnil K JonnalagaddaRohan V ChitalePascal JabbourDamianos G KokkinidisGregory G SchwartzPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2018)
Statin therapy prior to CAS is associated with decreased risk of perioperative stroke and death without any effect on the rates of transient ischemic attack or myocardial infarction.
Keyphrases
- cerebral ischemia
- patients undergoing
- cardiovascular disease
- crispr cas
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- genome editing
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- cardiac surgery
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- antiplatelet therapy
- blood brain barrier
- stem cells
- oxidative stress
- acute kidney injury
- bone marrow
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- smoking cessation
- low density lipoprotein
- replacement therapy