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Does early statin initiation improve functional recovery and reduce hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with recanalization?
Does early statin initiation improve functional recovery and reduce hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with recanalization?
Early initiation of statins within 72 hours after recanalization therapy for acute ischemic stroke is associated with improved functional recovery and reduced symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation.
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May refine early statin effect estimates after recanalization; leaves open confirmation in prospective EVT-era trials.
they included only intravenous thrombolysis cases 6 or were mostly performed before stent-retrievers were used in a majority of patients. In addition, the post-treatment National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score was incorporated into all models in our study as a covariate, which resulted in more accurate assessment of the effect of early statins following recanalization treatment.
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