.UMMC Stroke Care Center earns Gold Plus designation and other honors from American Heart Association rapid response and high adherence to stroke care guideline
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Guideline Highlights:
Having a stroke caused by blocked blood vessels or a transient ischemic attack (TIA) greatly increases your chances of having a future stroke. Identifying the cause or causes of the first stroke is key to developing strategies to prevent additional strokes.
Managing blood pressure levels, reducing or quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet, and regular physical activity will reduce the risk of a second stroke, along with managing conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol.
People who experience a stroke or TIA should be screened and potentially treated for the irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation.
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Carotid artery stenosis screening still can t be recommended in the absence of symptoms, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded.
No substantial evidence has turned up in the years since its last D-grade recommendation against screening for asymptomatic adults in 2014, argued the group led by Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Using a reaffirmation process, the USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that the harms of screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis outweigh the benefits, they wrote in
They pointed to false-positives with duplex ultrasonography in a general population with low prevalence, inadequate evidence that screening prevents stroke or death, and risk of small to moderate harms from screening for and treatment of asymptomatic cases.