AHA/ASA Scientific Statement Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Care: The American Experience A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

AHA/ASA Scientific Statement Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Care: The American Experience

Salvador Cruz-Flores, MD, MPH, FAHA, Chair; Alejandro Rabinstein, MD, Vice Chair; Jose Biller, MD, FAAN, FAHA; Mitchell S.V. Elkind, MD, MS, FAAN; Patrick Griffith, MD, FAAN; Philip B. Gorelick, MD, MPH, FAAN, FAHA; George Howard, DrPH, FAHA; Enrique C. Leira, MD, MS, FAHA; Lewis B. Morgenstern, MD, FAHA, FAAN; Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MS, FAHA; Eric Peterson, MD, MPH, FAHA; Wayne Rosamond, PhD, MS...

AHA Scientific Statement Comprehensive Overview of Nursing and Interdisciplinary Care of the Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Ischemic stroke represents 87% of all strokes.1 As worldwide initiatives move forward with stroke care, healthcare providers and institutions will be called on to deliver the most current evidence-based care. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) charged a panel of healthcare professionals from several disciplines with developing a practical, comprehensive overvie...

Racial-ethnic disparities in stroke care: the American experience: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

PURPOSE Our goal is to describe the effect of race and ethnicity on stroke epidemiology, personal beliefs, access to care, response to treatment, and participation in clinical research. In addition, we seek to determine the state of knowledge on the main factors that may explain disparities in stroke care, with the goal of identifying gaps in knowledge to guide future research. The intended aud...

AHA Scientific Statement Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

Coronary risk evaluation in patients with transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the Stroke Council and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) share common risk factors and pathological mechanisms, and coronary artery disease (CHD) is an important cause of death in patients with cerebrovascular disease. This Scientific Statement addresses issues in management of the relatively healthy patient with brain ischemia (a transient ischemic attack [TIA] or an ischemic stroke) who does not have recognized...