Placebo-controlled trial of high-dose atorvastatin in patients with severe cerebral small vessel disease

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Atorvastatin
• Blood Pressure / drug effects
• Brachial Artery / physiology
• C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
• Carotid Arteries / drug effects
• Carotid Arteries / physiology
• Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
• Cerebrovascular Disorders / drug therapy*
• Cerebrovascular Disorders / pathology
• Databases, Factual
• Double-Blind Method
• Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects
• Endothelium, Vascular / physiology
• Female
• Heptanoic Acids / administration & dosage
• Heptanoic Acids / therapeutic use*
• Humans
• Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / administration & dosage
• Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
• Lipids / blood
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pyrroles / administration & dosage
• Pyrroles / therapeutic use*
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Risk Factors
• Stroke / drug therapy*
• Stroke / pathology
• Treatment Outcome
• Vasodilation / physiology