Control of main risk factors after ischaemic stroke across Europe: data from the stroke-specific module of the EUROASPIRE III survey

Conclusion
The EUROASPIRE III stroke-specific module shows that secondary prevention and risk factor control in patients after ischaemic stroke need to be improved in four European centres at the time of the study since about half of patients are not achieving risk factor targets defined in European guidelines.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - September 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Heuschmann, P. U., Kircher, J., Nowe, T., Dittrich, R., Reiner, Z., Cifkova, R., Malojcic, B., Mayer, O., Bruthans, J., Wloch-Kopec, D., Prugger, C., Heidrich, J., Keil, U. Tags: Original scientific paper Source Type: research