منابع مشابه
Secondary prevention of stroke.
Stroke has been defined as a rapid onset of focal neurological deficit lasting more than 24 hours, with no apparent cause other than disruption of the blood supply to the brain (World Health Organization, 1989). A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) refers to a similar presentation that resolves within 24 hours (Hankey and Warlow, 1994). Approximately 15% of strokes are haemorrhagic, with the rest...
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Secondary prevention aims at preventing a stroke after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or a recurrent stroke after a first stroke. About 80–85% of patients survive a first ischaemic stroke [1,2]. Of those, between 8 and 15% suffer a recurrent stroke in the first year. The risk of stroke recurrence is highest in the first few weeks and declines over time [3–5]. The risk of recurrence depends ...
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Risk of Recurrent Stroke The risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild ischemic stroke was 10% within 1 week and 18% within the first 3 months in Oxfordshire, UK, in 2002 to 2003.1 This substantial early risk is 3-fold higher if the TIA or ischemic stroke is caused by large artery disease and 5-fold lower if the cause is small artery disease.2 The prevalence and level of ot...
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW : Risk factor modification plays an important role in recurrent stroke prevention. These modifiable risk factors tend to cluster in stroke patients, but for a significant subgroup the only identifiable risk factor is high blood pressure or chronic hypertension. This article reviews the current evidence for management of blood pressure in secondary stroke prevention. RECENT F...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Women's Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1745-5065,1745-5065
DOI: 10.2217/whe.11.20