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    Risk Factors: Stroke Prevention

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    80% of strokes are preventable by managing key risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, atrial fibrillation, and inactivity. More than half of all strokes are caused by uncontrolled hypertension, so controlling blood pressure is especially important. Medical treatments for high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation include anticoagulants/antiplatelets to prevent clotting and antihypertensives to lower blood pressure. When arteries are blocked by plaque, procedures like carotid endarterectomy to remove plaque or angioplasty/stents to open arteries may be needed. For ischemic strokes, the gold standard treatment is intravenous tPA within 3-4.5 hours to dissolve clots and restore blood flow

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    80% of strokes are preventable by managing key risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, atrial fibrillation, and inactivity. More than half of all strokes are caused by uncontrolled hypertension, so controlling blood pressure is especially important. Medical treatments for high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation include anticoagulants/antiplatelets to prevent clotting and antihypertensives to lower blood pressure. When arteries are blocked by plaque, procedures like carotid endarterectomy to remove plaque or angioplasty/stents to open arteries may be needed. For ischemic strokes, the gold standard treatment is intravenous tPA within 3-4.5 hours to dissolve clots and restore blood flow

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    80% of strokes are preventable by managing key risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, atrial fibrillation, and inactivity. More than half of all strokes are caused by uncontrolled hypertension, so controlling blood pressure is especially important. Medical treatments for high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation include anticoagulants/antiplatelets to prevent clotting and antihypertensives to lower blood pressure. When arteries are blocked by plaque, procedures like carotid endarterectomy to remove plaque or angioplasty/stents to open arteries may be needed. For ischemic strokes, the gold standard treatment is intravenous tPA within 3-4.5 hours to dissolve clots and restore blood flow

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    Stroke Prevention

    The good news is that 80 percent of all strokes are preventable. It starts with managing key risk factors,
    including high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, atrial fibrillation and physical inactivity. More than half
    of all strokes are caused by uncontrolled hypertension or high blood pressure, making it the most
    important risk factor to control.
    Medical treatments may be used to control high blood pressure and/or manage atrial fibrillation among
    high-risk patients. Those medicines include:

    Anticoagulants/Antiplatelets
    Antiplatelet agents such as aspirin and anticoagulants, such as warfarin, interfere with the
    blood's ability to clot and can play an important role in preventing stroke. Read more about
    anticoagulants.

    Antihypertensives
    Antihypertensives are medications that treat high blood pressure. Depending on the type of
    medication, they can lower blood pressure by opening the blood vessels, decreasing blood
    volume or decreasing the rate and/or force of heart contraction. Learn about the types of
    antihypertensives.

    Additionally, when arteries show plaque buildup or blockage, medical procedures may be needed. Such
    as:

    Carotid Endarterectomy
    Carotid endarterectomy, also called carotid artery surgery, is a procedure in which blood vessel
    blockage (fatty plaque) is surgically removed from the carotid artery.
    View a detailed
    illustration of carotid
    endarterectomy (opens
    in new window).

    Angioplasty/Stents
    Doctors sometimes use
    balloon angioplasty
    and implantable steel
    screens called stents to
    treat cardiovascular
    disease and help open
    up the blocked blood
    vessel.

    When a Stroke Occurs: Quick


    Stroke Treatment Can Save
    Lives
    If youre having a stroke, its critical that you get medical attention right away. Immediate treatment may
    minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and prevent death.
    There are two types of strokes: hemorrhagic or ischemic. An ischemic stroke occurs as a result of an
    obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain. It accounts for 87 percent of all stroke
    cases. A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a weakened blood vessel ruptures and spills blood into brain
    tissue. The most common cause for the rupture is uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure).
    There are two other types of weakened blood vessels that also cause hemorrhagic stroke: aneurysms
    and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Treatment differs depending on the type of stroke.
    Ischemic Stroke Treatment

    tPA, the Gold Standard

    The only FDA approved treatment for ischemic strokes is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA, also known
    as IV rtPA, given through an IV in the arm). tPA works by dissolving the clot and improving blood flow to
    the part of the brain being deprived of blood flow. If administered within 3 hours(and up to 4.5 hours in
    certain eligible patients), tPA may improve the chances of recovering from a stroke. A significant number
    of stroke victims dont get to the hospital in time for tPA treatment; this is why its so important to identify
    a stroke immediately.

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