Discontinuing or continuing statin following intracerebral hemorrhage from the view of a national cohort study

Statins improve clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke but there is no evidence of the effect of continuing long-term statin therapy in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of continuing statin after ICH.

Source: Atherosclerosis - August 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chang-Min Chung, Ming-Shyan Lin, Chi-Hung Liu, Tsong-Hai Lee, Shih-Tai Chang, Teng-Yao Yang, Kuo-Li Pan, Yu-Sheng Lin Source Type: research