Statins and Cerebral Blood Flow in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)

Summary

The primary objective of this project is to investigate the effect of statin therapy on cerebral blood flow in patients with aneurysmal SAH who are randomized to receive or not receive statins in a blinded design.

Timeline

Start

2008-08

Primary completion

2013-02

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Results Diringer MN, Dhar R, Scalfani M, Zazulia AR, Chicoine M, Powers WJ, Derdeyn CP. Effect of High-Dose Simvastatin on Cerebral Blood Flow and Static Autoregulation in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2016 Aug;25(1):56-63. doi: 10.1007/s12028-015-0233-7.

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