Absence of Statin Therapy Early After Stroke

Lack of statin use following ischemic stroke was associated with an increased rate of death and vascular events in an observational study.

After ischemic stroke, statin therapy is recommended to decrease the rate of recurrent stroke and other major vascular events. Guidelines have recommended statin treatment for more than a decade, but data on patterns of statin use after stroke are limited. In this retrospective study, researchers analyzed data on patients discharged from 20 hospitals in Finland from 2005 through 2017. They assessed statin use or nonuse within the first 90 days after hospital discharge. The researchers also evaluated the rate of recurrent vascular events (stroke, myocardial infarction) and death for up to 12 years. Patients who were not discharged home or to “home-like facilities” were excluded from analysis.

The 59,588 patients included in the analysis had a…

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Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBayer Pharmaceuticals; Novartis

Grant/Research SupportNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Editorial BoardsNeurology; Stroke

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBayer Pharmaceuticals; Novartis

Grant/Research SupportNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Editorial BoardsNeurology; Stroke

Absence of Statin Therapy Early After Stroke

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