New Prevention Guidelines
In 2006, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released updated guidelines for preventing a second stroke among patients who have previously had a stroke or mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack [TIA]). The guidelines emphasize that another stroke is the greatest risk stroke or TIA survivors face, and that TIAs need to treated as aggressively as strokes. Prevention guidelines include:
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