Statin treatment and accrual of covert cerebral ischaemia on neuroimaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Aristeidis H KatsanosV-A LioutasA CharidimouL CataneseK K H NgK PereraD de Sa BoasquevisqueGeorgios K TsivgoulisE E SmithM SharmaM H SelimA Shoamanesh

Published in: European journal of neurology (2020)

Our findings suggest that, in addition to stroke prevention, statin treatment can reduce the accrual of covert MRI markers of ischaemic cerebral injury.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
magnetic resonance imaging
coronary artery disease
subarachnoid hemorrhage
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes
combination therapy
contrast enhanced
blood brain barrier
low density lipoprotein