Secondary prevention of stroke in elderly people in Poland--results of PolSenior study.
CONCLUSIONS: Secondary cardiovascular preventive therapy in Poland is used too rarely in older people after stroke, and it especially concerns anticoagulant therapy in those with a history of atrial fibrillation. Structured educational programmes should be developed in Poland to improve usage of secondary preventive therapy in the elderly.
PMID: 24821632 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - Category: Neurology Authors: Labuz-Roszak B, Skrzypek M, Pierzchała K, Machowska-Majchrzak A, Mossakowska M, Chudek J, Mańka-Gaca I, Bartman W, Więcek A Tags: Neurol Neurochir Pol Source Type: research
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