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Des statines pour le cerveau. Le point en 2008.
Scheen, André; Radermecker, Régis; Sadzot, Bernard
2008In Revue Médicale de Liège, 63 (5-6), p. 287-92
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Keywords :
Alzheimer Disease/prevention & control; Humans; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/therapeutic use; Stroke/prevention & control
Abstract :
[en] Statins are essential drugs for the prevention of coronary artery disease. There is now evidence that they can also prevent ischemic stroke. The protective effect is related to the reduction in total and LDL cholesterol levels and the clinical benefit is especially high in secondary prevention patients with previous stroke and/or transient ischemic accident. The favourable role of statins is less well documented during an acute stroke than during an acute coronary syndrome, and certainly deserves further studies. Besides their specific cholesterol-lowering effect, statins exert various pleiotropic effects, which probably contribute to vascular protection. Furthermore, statins are able to reduce the formation of beta-amyloid peptide, which plays a key-role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. However, currently available results are heterogeneous and could not firmly support a protective effect of statins in dementia in general, neither in Alzheimer disease more specifically, nor in the reduction of cognitive function in the elderly. Several ongoing trials should confirm or not confirm this new potential indication of statins in a near future.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Scheen, André  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Diabétologie, nutrition et maladie métaboliques - Médecine interne générale
Radermecker, Régis ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Diabétologie,nutrition, maladies métaboliques
Sadzot, Bernard ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Neurologie Sart Tilman
Language :
French
Title :
Des statines pour le cerveau. Le point en 2008.
Alternative titles :
[en] Statin for the brain: update in 2008
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Special issue title :
Le cerveau dans tous ses états
Volume :
63
Issue :
5-6
Pages :
287-92
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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