Will this change your doctors protocol post stroke? Do you prefer your doctor's incompetence in NOT KNOWING or NOT DOING?
A comparison of two LDL cholesterol targets after ischemic stroke
New England Journal of Medicine — Amarenco P, Kim JS, Labreuche J, et al. | November 22, 2019
In this parallel-group trial carried out in
France and South Korea, researchers randomized 2,860 individuals with
ischemic stroke in the former 3 months or a transient ischemic attack
(TIA) within the former 15 days to a target LDL cholesterol level of
less than 70 mg per deciliter (lower-target group, n = 1,430) or to a
target range of 90 mg to 110 mg per deciliter (higher-target group, n =
1,430) in order to examine the target level for LDL cholesterol to
decrease cardiovascular events following stroke. It was concluded that
following an ischemic stroke or TIA with evidence of atherosclerosis,
compared with those who had a target range of 90 mg to 110 mg per
deciliter, individuals who had a target LDL cholesterol level of less
than 70 mg per deciliter had a lower risk of succeeding cardiovascular
events.
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