Clinical aspects of statin efficiency at ischemic stroke

In recent decades, vascular heart lesions, vascular brain lesions, and malignant neoplasms have dominated the mortality structure, with the risk of premature death being mainly determined by the influence of cardiovascular risk factors (CVD) such as arterial hypertension (AH), hypercholesterolemia, and smoking. Hypercholesterolemia has always been traditionally considered as the main risk factor for coronary, but not cerebrovascular pathology.