Objective To observe the effects of artorvastatin on carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques in patients with cerebral infarction.Methods The 82 selected cases who were cerebral infarction patients with carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques were randomly divided into treated group(n=42) and control group(n=40).The treated group was taken with artorvastatin.The fasting blood lipid level and carotid artery plaque intima-media thickness were measured at the beginning of the study and 3,6,12 month after treatme...