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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1995 Stroke is ideally suited for prevention. It has a high prevalence, burden of illness, and economic cost, and safe and effective prevention measures. The estimated $30 billion that is being spent for stroke each year in the United States should not come as a surprise given the approximately 3 million stroke survivors and 400,000 to 500,000 new or ...
R, Tozer, I R, Hastie
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Stroke Prevention After Cryptogenic Stroke [PDF]
Current Cardiology Reports, 2021 Cryptogenic stroke represents a heterogenous but clinically important collection of stroke etiologies for which our understanding continues to grow. Here, we review our current knowledge and most recent recommendations on secondary prevention for common causes of cryptogenic stroke including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, atrial cardiopathy, patent ...
Chinwe Ibeh, Mitchell S. V. Elkind
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Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2023 Stroke has three main subtypes - ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The most common stroke subtype is ischemic stroke, making up about 88% of strokes. Many of these strokes may be prevented by lifestyle modifications.
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Policy implementation strategies to address rural disparities in access to care for stroke patients
Frontiers in Health Services, 2023 ContextStroke systems of care (SSOC) promote access to stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation and ensure patients receive evidence-based treatment.
Aysha Rasool +8 more
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A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Stroke Recurrence Rate in Ischemic Stroke Patients With and Without Acupuncture Treatment. [PDF]
, 2015 Little was known about the effects of acupuncture on stroke recurrence. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ischemic stroke patients receiving acupuncture treatment have a decreased risk of stroke recurrence.
Hsu, Chung Y +8 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017 BackgroundAntihypertension medication (antihypertensive) adherence lowers risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); few studies have examined this association among older adults.
Quanhe Yang +3 more
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Dipyridamole plus aspirin versus aspirin alone in the secondary prevention after TIA or stroke: a meta-analysis by risk [PDF]
, 2008 Objectives: Our aim was to study the effect of combination therapy with aspirin and dipyridamole (A+D) over aspirin alone (ASA) in secondary prevention after transient ischemic attack or minor stroke of presumed arterial origin and to perform subgroup ...
A Algra +6 more
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EClinicalMedicine, 2023 Summary: Background: Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings.
Emily L. Boucher +4 more
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Secondary prevention of stroke: Using the experiences of patients and carers to inform the development of an educational resource [PDF]
, 2008 Copyright @ The Author 2008. This article is available open access through the publisher’s website at the link below.Background. Patients who have had one stroke are at increased risk of another.
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Efficacy of antiplatelet therapy in secondary prevention following lacunar stroke:Pooled analysis of randomized trials [PDF]
, 2015 Background and Purpose: Lacunar stroke accounts for ≈25% of ischemic stroke, but optimal antiplatelet regimen to prevent stroke recurrence remains unclear.
Benavente, Oscar R. +5 more
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