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Cognitive performance following lacunar stroke in Spanish‐speaking patients: results from the SPS3 trial
ConclusionsMild cognitive impairment in Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes Spanish‐speaking patients with recent lacunar stroke is highly prevalent but has a different pattern to that observed in English‐speaking patients. A combination of socio‐demographics, stroke biology, and stroke care may account for these differences.
Source: International Journal of Stroke - May 14, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Claudia Jacova, Lesly A. Pearce, Ana M. Roldan, Antonio Arauz, Jorge Tapia, Raymond Costello, Leslie A. McClure, Robert G. Hart, Oscar R. Benavente Tags: Research Source Type: research

How to unfasten the Spanish Stroke Belt? Andalusia chooses research
Andalusia in southern Spain, one of the largest regions in the European Union, has made a profound economic and social transformation that has led to establishment of a modern universal public health care system. However, due to its high stroke mortality rates, Andalusia is still known as the ‘Spanish Stroke Belt’. To fight these figures, successive initiatives culminated in the launch of the Andalusian Plan for Stroke Care, to be developed during the period of 2011 to 2014. In addition, involved professionals have hypothesized that clinical and experimental research may contribute to improving stroke care in our commu...
Source: International Journal of Stroke - July 15, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: J. Montaner, M. D. Jiménez‐Hernández, J. López‐Barneo Tags: Panorama Source Type: research