Clinical and Demographic Characteristics Associated With Suboptimal Primary Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Prevention [Clinical Sciences]
Conclusions—Knowing the patient characteristics predictive of missed opportunities for stroke prevention may help primary care identify and appropriately manage these patients. Improving the management of these groups may reduce their risk and potentially prevent large number of future strokes and TIAs in the population.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Grace M. Turner, Melanie Calvert, Max G. Feltham, Ronan Ryan, Samuel Finnikin, Tom Marshall Tags: Epidemiology, Primary Prevention, Hypertension, Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Original Contributions Source Type: research
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