Management of cholesterol to reduce the burden of stroke in Asia: Consensus statement

• Main Authors: Graeme J. Hankey, Ka S.L. Wong, Siwaporn Chankrachang, Christopher Chen, Denis Crimmins, Judith Frayne, Jong S. Kim, Yansheng Li, Chia Wei Liou, Julia S. Merican, Jusuf Misbach, Jose Navarro, Yukito Shinohara, Yongjun Wang, Byung Woo Yoon
• 格式: 雜誌
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Neuroscience
• 在線閱讀: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=77953798267&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51140

Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Asia, and its pattern is changing. The incidence of haemorrhagic stroke is declining while the incidence of ischaemic stroke caused by large artery atherothromboembolism is increasing secondary to an increase in the prevalence of hypercholesterol...