Statin Use and Microbleeds in Patients With Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Therapies Thursday, September 27th, 2012Stroke.ahajournals.org: 7/24/12
Statins have been associated with increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), particularly in elderly patients with previous ICH. Recurrent ICH in the elderly is often related to cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Therefore, we investigated whether statin use is associated with increased prevalence and severity of microbleeds (MB), particularly cortico-subcortical microbleeds (csMB), which are frequently observed in cerebral amyloid antipathy. Read More