A Comparison of Two LDL Cholesterol Targets after Ischemic Stroke.
Pierre AmarencoJong S KimJulien LabreucheHugo CharlesJérémie AbtanYannick BéjotLucie CabrejoJae-Kwan ChaGrégory DucrocqMaurice GiroudCeline GuidouxCristina HobeanuYong-Jae KimBertrand LaperguePhilippa C LavalléeByung-Chul LeeKyung-Bok LeeDidier LeysMarie-Hélène MahagneElena MeseguerNorbert NighoghossianFernando PicoYves SamsonIgor SibonP Gabriel StegSang-Min SungPierre-Jean TouboulEmmanuel TouzéOlivier VarenneÉric VicautNessima YellesEric Bruckertnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2019)
After an ischemic stroke or TIA with evidence of atherosclerosis, patients who had a target LDL cholesterol level of less than 70 mg per deciliter had a lower risk of subsequent cardiovascular events than those who had a target range of 90 mg to 110 mg per deciliter. (Funded by the French Ministry of Health and others; Treat Stroke to Target ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01252875.).