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Review: Lipids and stroke

Brendan M Buckley

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, 2200 Cork Airport Business Park, Kinsale Road, Cork, Ireland, brenbuck{at}ucc.ie

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in adults. Although vascular disease is the prime contributor to its pathogenesis, dyslipidaemia is not unambiguously established as a risk factor for stroke in the same way that it is for coronary artery disease. Non-statin treatments of dyslipidaemia have not been shown clearly to help in preventing stroke. However, large clinical trials of treatment with statins over a number of years have demonstrated that these drugs decrease ischaemic stroke rates in persons at risk. Whether this reflects the efficacy of statins in lowering low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) concentrations alone or whether additional mechanisms may apply is not clear.

Key Words: stroke • risk factors • cholesterol • LDL • HDL • triglycerides • lipoprotein fibrate • HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor • statin.

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The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 3, No. 3, 170-176 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514030030030301
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