Statins and prevention of stent-related late adverse events

Lack of Association between Statin Use and Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes after Pipeline Embolization for Intracranial Aneurysms

“…12 In the cardiovascular literature, several studies have demonstrated that statin therapy improved neointimal coverage of drugeluting stents and also reduced rates of neointimal hyperplasia. 4,[13][14][15][16] In addition, statin use has also been shown to improve short-term mortality rates in patients receiving stent placement for acute coronary syndrome due to reductions in thrombotic complication rates. In a study of Ͼ1500 patients, Tentzeris et al 5 found that patients on high-dose statin therapy had lower odds of mortality at 3 months.…”