Secondary prevention

 

Recommendations 5.1.1

A. Every patient who has had a stroke or TIA and in whom secondary prevention is appropriate should be investigated for risk factors as soon as possible and certainly within 1 week of onset

B. For patients who have had an ischaemic stroke or TIA the following risk factors should also be checked for:

• atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias
• carotid artery stenosis (only for people likely to benefit from surgery)
• structural and functional cardiac disease

Sources 5.1.1

A. Coull et al. 2004; Koton and Rothwell 2007; Lovett et al. 2003
B. Johnston et al. 2007