Deans' stroke musings: New stroke guidelines a 'huge step forward,' Northwestern cardiologist says

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, November 15, 2024

New stroke guidelines a 'huge step forward,' Northwestern cardiologist says

And yet the ASA is ignoring the burden of stroke doubling by 2050. You solve that by creating 100% RECOVERY PROTOCOLS! You do have stroke in your name, so solve stroke to 100% recovery! By doing this prevention guideline crapola, you can blame the stroke survivor for not following the guidelines since they are not protocols and don't have EXACT PRESCRIPTIONS!

New stroke guidelines a 'huge step forward,' Northwestern cardiologist says

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recently published updated guidelines for the prevention of stroke. Some of the key updates include the utilization of GLP-1 medications and an emphasis on prevention of stroke in women.

Sadiya Khan, MD, a cardiologist at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, shared her reaction to the updated guidelines with Becker's.

Editor's note: Response has been lightly edited for clarity and length.

Dr. Sadiya Khan: The premise of the update is that stroke is preventable. That there are key approaches to prevent stroke from ever occurring is a huge step forward for patients and public health.

In the past decade, we have seen a plateau in death rates due to stroke, similar to coronary heart disease. Even more concerning, we are seeing projections that estimate the burden of stroke nearly doubling by 2050, from 3.9% to 6.4%.

Primary prevention could not be a more important issue and the updated guideline is timely.

Other key points that are worth highlighting:

Amplifying the focus on women's health. Specifically highlighting the risk of stroke around pregnancy and the role of endometriosis, premature ovarian failure and early onset menopause as unique risk markers for stroke.
A focus on heart-healthy behaviors as the first-line strategy for prevention, specifically promotion of physical activity and mediterranean diet.
A need to prioritize implementation gaps as the most important and modifiable risk factor in control of hypertension as implementation is currently dismal making control inequitable.