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Statin therapy after first stroke reduces 10-year stroke recurrence and improves survival

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Haralampos J. Milionis, Stefanos Giannopoulos, Maria Kosmidou, Vasileios Panoulas, Efstathios Manios, Athanasios P. Kyritsis, Moses Elisaf, K. Vemmos

Abstract

Prescribing statin therapy upon hospital discharge to patients with first-ever acute stroke lowers the risk of 10-year stroke recurrence and improves survival.

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