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Recurrent strokes account for 25-30% of all strokes, highlighting the need for secondary prevention as an integral part of stroke rehabilitation.
This review highlights the importance of integrating secondary prevention, including rapid diagnosis, treatment, and lifestyle modifications, into stroke rehabilitation to reduce the high risk of recurrent events.
Supports integrating secondary prevention into stroke rehabilitation; leaves open optimal strategies and their comparative effectiveness.
Stroke is the second leading cause of death, and the leading cause of acquired disability in adults. Survivors of stroke are at risk of a recurrent event, which is often more disabling than first-ever stroke. Recurrent strokes continue to account for 25 ∼30% of all strokes. That represents the needs of successful secondary prevention. Appropriate secondary prevention of recurrent stroke needs rapid diagnosis and treatment and prompt identification of the underlying cardiovascular cause. Some epidemiological data suggest that a substantial proportion of strokes can be attributed to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. This review summarizes the evidence for optimum secondary prevention of recurrent ischemic stroke as integral part of physical medicine and rehabilitation. (Brain & NeuroRehabilitation 2014; 7: 86-92)
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Seung Don Yoo (2014) conducted a review in Stroke. Secondary prevention was evaluated. Recurrent strokes account for 25-30% of all strokes, highlighting the need for secondary prevention as an integral part of stroke rehabilitation.
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