My patient just had a transient ischaemic attack. Can I predict his risk for stroke? Is stroke inevitable or preventable?
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Should I start all my ischaemic stroke and TIA patients on a statin, an ACE inhibitor, a diuretic, and aspirin today?
S troke is eminently preventable. 2 A combination of individual and population based interventions could lower the global incidence of vascular events by as much as 50%. However, the public health and legislative changes required to achieve substantial primary prevention of vascular disease (for example, by reducing the salt content of processed food) is really the territory of public health sy...
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the very early stroke risk after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke and thereby inform the planning of effective stroke prevention services. DESIGN Population based prospective cohort study of patients with TIA or stroke. SETTING Nine general practices in Oxfordshire, England, from April 2002 to April 2003. PARTICIPANTS All patients who had a TIA (n =...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 61 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011