WHO IS AT RISK OF STROKE?
Stroke Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence, George Howard and Virginia Howard
Non-modifiable Risk Factors for Stroke: Age, Race, Sex, and Geography, Virginia J. Howard and George Howard
Modifiable Risk Factors: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Lipids, Tobacco Use, Physical Inactivity, and Alcohol, Bernadette Boden-Albala and Ralph L. Sacco
Cardiac Disease and Risk of Ischemic Stroke, R. F.Gillum
Inflammation, Infection and Homocysteine in Atherosclerosis, Thomas J. Degraba
Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease, Sung B. Lee and Robert J. Adams
Oral Contraception and Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement Therapy, Gretchen E. Tietjen and Robin L. Brey
Genetics and Stroke, John W. Cole and Steven J. Kittner
Markers of Subclinical Vascular Disease and Stroke, Monika Hollander and Monique M.B. Breteler
APPROACHES TO STROKE PREVENTION
Community Mass and High Risk Strategies, Philip B. Gorelick
Stroke Prevention in Managed Care: A Five Dimensional Health Improvement ModelTM, Meredith L. Tipton and Michael Fleming
National, State and Local Opportunities for Stroke Prevention, Darwin R. Labarthe and Mirium Fay
Quality Improvement in Stroke Prevention, Robert G. Holloway and Steven R. Rush
Gaps in Professional and Community Knowledge about Stroke Prevention and Treatment, Larry B. Goldstein
Stroke and Public Policy: The Role of Stroke Advocacy Groups, Patti Shwayder
CONTROL OF RISK RACTORS AND RECURRENT STROKE AND OTHER PREVENTION STRATEGIES
Hypertension Treatment, William J Elliott, Jay Garg and Munavvar Izhar
Smoking Cessation, Philip B. Gorelick
Hyperlipidemia and Diabetes Mellitus, Ambika Babu, Chakravarthy Kannan and Theodore Mazzone
Ethanol Consumption and Physical Inactivity, William J. Elliott
Antiplatelet Therapies for Prevention of First and Recurrent Stroke, Stanley N. Cohen
Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention, Michael J. Schneck
Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis, James D. Fleck and Jose Biller
Endovascular Approaches to Stroke Prevention: Thrombolysis, Angioplasty/Stenting, Aneurysm Coiling and Treatment of Intracerebral Vasospasm, Glen Geremia, Bradley Strimling and Nilay Patel
Pros and Cons of Screening for and Ablating Asymptomatic Intracranial Aneurysms, Sean Ruland, Dan Heffez
Closing Remarks: On Stroke Prevention Guidelines, Organization of Care and Future Perspectives, Edward. H Wong and Vladimir Hachinski
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