Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: The aim of the work was to assess the validity of clinical recommendations for the prevention of the first stroke. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyzes were conducted in which the effectiveness of exposure to 6 risk factors for the development of first stroke was assessed: arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease (including correction of lipid levels in the blood), atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, asymptomatic stenosis of carotid arteries, lifestyle.
Source: Neurology Bulletin
DOI: 10.17816/nb79501
Authors: P. B. Gorelick, R. L. Sacco, D. B. Smith
Institutions: Rush University Medical Center, Rush University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3200752190