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Advances in Stroke Prevention [PDF]

Journal of Translational Internal Medicine, 2018
Abstract There have been recent advances in stroke prevention in nutrition, blood pressure control, antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulation, identification of high-risk asymptomatic carotid stenosis, and percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale.
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Think FAST: Knowledge of Appropriate Action of Stroke Signs and Symptoms Among US Adults, February–March 2025

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911 (FAST) mnemonic raises awareness of common stroke signs and symptoms and reinforces the urgency of activating emergency services. We examined the prevalence of knowledge of
Adam S. Vaughan, Tatyana Valteau, Sandra L. Jackson, Hilary K. Wall, Fleetwood Loustalot, Fátima Coronado   +5 more
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Stroke Prevention and Treatment

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2010
The decline in stroke incidence and mortality in the U.S. over the past 20 years is reaching a plateau, and the number of strokes may actually start to increase as the population ages. However, recent clinical trials have demonstrated that there are numerous opportunities to improve stroke prevention strategies and also opportunities to effectively ...
Marsh, James D., Keyrouz, Salah G.
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Prevalence and Cardiovascular Health Impact of Family History of Premature Heart Disease in the United States: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2014

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Because family history is a known risk factor for heart disease, it is important to characterize its public health impact in terms of population prevalence of family history of heart disease, the burden of heart disease attributable to family ...
Ramal Moonesinghe, Quanhe Yang, Zefeng Zhang, Muin J. Khoury   +3 more
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Weights for ordinal analyses of the modified Rankin Scale in stroke trials: A population-based cohort study

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: Ordinal/shift analyses of ordered measures like the modified Rankin Scale(mRS) are underused as primary trial outcomes for neurological disorders – despite statistical advantages – potentially hindered by poor clinical interpretability versus
Aravind Ganesh, Ramon Luengo-Fernandez, Sarah T. Pendlebury, Peter M. Rothwell   +3 more
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Associations of blood biomarkers with glomerular filtration rate in patients with TIA and stroke: population-based study

Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Background and purpose Non-traditional risk factors such as chronic inflammation, oxidative stress and thrombogenic factors are believed to contribute to the excess stroke risk in chronic kidney disease (CKD) by triggering vascular injury and endothelial
Dearbhla M. Kelly, Peter M. Rothwell, Linxin Li, Annette I Burgess, Deborah L Poole, Julia M Duerden   +5 more
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Recent advances in preventing recurrent stroke [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]

F1000Research, 2020
Since a 2017 update, there have been important advances in stroke prevention. These include new evidence about nutrition, antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulation, lipid-lowering therapy, hypertension control, pioglitazone, and carotid endarterectomy and ...
J David Spence
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Risk and Secondary Prevention of Stroke Recurrence

Stroke, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background and Purpose: With recent advances in secondary prevention management, stroke recurrence rates may have changed substantially.
C. Flach, Walter Muruet, C. Wolfe, A. Bhalla, A. Douiri   +4 more
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Mobile Technology for Primary Stroke Prevention: A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Stroke, 2019
Background and Purpose— Feasibility of utilizing the Stroke Riskometer App (App) to improve stroke awareness and modify stroke risk behaviors was assessed to inform a full randomized controlled trial.
R. Krishnamurthi, L. Hale, S. Barker-Collo, A. Theadom, R. Bhattacharjee, Ann George, B. Arroll, A. Ranta, D. Waters, Denise Wilson, P. Sandiford, S. Gall, P. Parmar, D. Bennett, V. Feigin   +14 more
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Progression of Arterial Stiffness is Associated With Midlife Diastolic Blood Pressure and Transition to Late‐Life Hypertensive Phenotypes

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Hypertension‐associated cardiovascular events are particularly associated with elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) in late life, yet long‐term interactions between SBP, diastolic BP (DBP) and arterial stiffness in development of late‐life ...
Alastair John Stewart Webb
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