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Statins and ICH: New Meta-Analysis Statins and ICH: New Meta-Analysis
A new meta-analysis has concluded that the benefit of statin therapy in the prevention of ischemic stroke ' greatly exceeds ' the risk for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - May 4, 2020 Category: Pathology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

The parameters of carotid plaques' calcifications and clinical nature of the lesions in the context of revascularization treatment. The enlargement of calcifications is still the most important.
CONCLUSIONS: The enlargement of calcifications in carotid plaques is the only calcification parameter important for the clinical outcome of carotid atherosclerosis. Patients with calcified carotid plaques have a significantly lower risk of ischemic stroke than patients with non-calcified lesions. PMID: 31038189 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Folia Neuropathologica - May 1, 2019 Category: Pathology Authors: Masztalewicz M, Rotter I, Nowacki P, Szydłowski Ł, Żukowski M, Gutowski P Tags: Folia Neuropathol Source Type: research