Risk and Secondary Prevention of Stroke Recurrence
Why the study?
Stroke recurrence rates have plateaued over the last decade, and recurring cardioembolic or hemorrhagic strokes are predominantly of the same subtype, indicating suboptimal implementation of preventive strategies.
Population
Patients with cardioembolic or hemorrhagic stroke
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Suggests suboptimal secondary prevention implementation; leaves open whether targeted improvements can further reduce recurrences.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with cardioembolic or hemorrhagic stroke
I
Intervention
Secondary prevention strategies
O
Outcome
Stroke recurrencehard clinical
The plateau in stroke recurrence rates over the last decade indicates that implementation of effective secondary preventive strategies remains suboptimal.
Cite This Study
Flach et al. (2020) studied this question.