Gender and thrombolysis therapy in stroke patients with incidence of dyslipidemia

• Main Authors: Brice Blum (Author), Leah Wormack (Author), Mason Holtel (Author), Alexandria Penwell (Author), Shyyon Lari (Author), Brittany Walker (Author), Thomas I. Nathaniel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background When untreated, dyslipidemia is a higher risk factor for stroke and stroke-related mortality in men than in women. However, when dyslipidemia is treated the risk reduction is the same, but men benefited from mortality reduction more than women. Whether there is a gender differenc...