Titlebook: Handbook of Stroke Prevention in Clinical Practice; Karen L. Furie,Peter J. Kelly Book 2004 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

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Epidemiology of Stroke,he leading cause of chronic disability in adults. Despite the recent introduction of new therapies for acute stroke, effective prevention remains the major strategy for decreasing the mortality and morbidity of stroke. This chapter reviews epidemiological methods and risk factors for stroke.

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Subtypes of Ischemic Stroke,attenuating a specific vascular disorder, identifying the underlying cause is critical for optimal stroke prevention. As an example, secondary stroke prevention for a young patient with endocarditis will differ substantially from that for an elderly patient with atrial fibrillation, although both conditions cause cardioembolic stroke.

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Stroke Prevention With Antiplatelet Therapy, with 95% alive at 7 days poststroke and 90% alive at 1 month .. These patients subsequently have an increased risk of stroke recurrence of approx 5% per annum and an increased risk of serious coronary events of about 3% per annum over the following 5 years ..

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Stroke Due to Large Artery Atherosclerosis,ses of carotid occlusion with transient ischemic attack (TIA) preceding stroke. In the 1950s, Miller Fisher described the clinical syndrome of transient deficits preceding stroke above an occluded carotid. Carotid atherosclerosis is associated with conventional vascular risk factors: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and smoking ..

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