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Stroke prevention is highly effective but underutilized in medical care. Lifestyle modification, in the form of diet, exercise, smoking cessation, antihypertensive therapy, close control of diabetes and hyperlipidemia, can prevent most strokes. Selected subgroups can benefit from carotid surgery or stenting, anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, and antiplatelet therapy. Evidence for these approaches and alternative management strategies are discussed.
Keywords: Ischemic stroke, secondary stroke prevention, antiplatelet therapy
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Strategies in the Prevention and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
Volume: 18 Issue: 33
Author(s): Howard S. Kirshner
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Keywords: Ischemic stroke, secondary stroke prevention, antiplatelet therapy
Abstract: Stroke prevention is highly effective but underutilized in medical care. Lifestyle modification, in the form of diet, exercise, smoking cessation, antihypertensive therapy, close control of diabetes and hyperlipidemia, can prevent most strokes. Selected subgroups can benefit from carotid surgery or stenting, anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation, and antiplatelet therapy. Evidence for these approaches and alternative management strategies are discussed.
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S. Kirshner Howard, Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Strategies in the Prevention and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2012; 18 (33) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161212803251961
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161212803251961 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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