Effect of pre-stroke statin use on stroke severity and early functional recovery: a retrospective cohort study

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[2] Gupta R(2007)Statin enhancement of collateralization in acute stroke Neurology 68 2129-2131

[3] Vora NA(1998)Stroke protection by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase inhibitors mediated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95 8880-8885

[4] Tievsky AL(2000)The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor simvastatin activates the protein kinase Akt and promotes angiogenesis in normocholesterolemic animals Nat Med 6 1004-1010

[5] Katzan I(2000)Atorvastatin upregulates type III nitric oxide synthase in thrombocytes, decreases platelet activation, and protects from cerebral ischemia in normocholesterolemic mice Stroke 31 2442-2449

[6] Krieger DW(2001)Mevastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, reduces stroke damage and upregulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase in mice Stroke 32 980-986

[7] Ovbiagele B(2005)Protective effects of statins involving both eNOS and tPA in focal cerebral ischemia J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 25 722-729

[8] Saver JL(2003)Statins induce angiogenesis, neurogenesis, and synaptogenesis after stroke Ann Neurol 53 743-751

[9] Starkman S(2009)Statins and ischemic stroke severity: cytoprotection Curr Atheroscler Rep 11 296-300

[10] Kim D(2004)Favorable outcome of ischemic stroke in patients pretreated with statins Stroke 35 1117-1121

[1] Shook SJ(2006)Statin use is independently associated with smaller infarct volume in nonlacunar MCA territory stroke J Neuroimaging 16 341-346

[2] Gupta R(2007)Statin enhancement of collateralization in acute stroke Neurology 68 2129-2131

[3] Vora NA(1998)Stroke protection by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase inhibitors mediated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95 8880-8885

[4] Tievsky AL(2000)The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor simvastatin activates the protein kinase Akt and promotes angiogenesis in normocholesterolemic animals Nat Med 6 1004-1010

[5] Katzan I(2000)Atorvastatin upregulates type III nitric oxide synthase in thrombocytes, decreases platelet activation, and protects from cerebral ischemia in normocholesterolemic mice Stroke 31 2442-2449

[6] Krieger DW(2001)Mevastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, reduces stroke damage and upregulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase in mice Stroke 32 980-986

[7] Ovbiagele B(2005)Protective effects of statins involving both eNOS and tPA in focal cerebral ischemia J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 25 722-729

[8] Saver JL(2003)Statins induce angiogenesis, neurogenesis, and synaptogenesis after stroke Ann Neurol 53 743-751

[9] Starkman S(2009)Statins and ischemic stroke severity: cytoprotection Curr Atheroscler Rep 11 296-300

[10] Kim D(2004)Favorable outcome of ischemic stroke in patients pretreated with statins Stroke 35 1117-1121