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Research progress of secondary prevention for stroke: reports from China
Lu Lu, He Li
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Abstract
Chinese researchers have published some studies in English journals since 2013 on the secondary prevention of stroke. These studies focused on implementation of a structured guideline-based program for the secondary prevention of ischemic stroke in China, clopidogrel with aspirin in acute minor stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), higher risk of recurrent ischemic events in patients with intracranial in-stent restenosis, association of hypertension with stroke recurrence depends on ischemic stroke subtype, impact of quality of anticoagulation control, and so on. In this review, we outline the data of these high-qualitied studies on secondary prevention of stroke. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.03.004