Updated evidence-based guidelines emphasising lifestyle management, including diet, exercise and weight management, have been compiled by the [b]American Heart Association/American Stroke Association[/b] in a scientific statement. Other important updates affect management of narrowed neck arteries and irregular heartbeat, reports [s]Science Daily[/s]. The guidelines state survivors should also receive other evidence-based therapy specific to their individual health, which may include aspirin therapy or a surgical procedure to keep neck arteries open. Treating high blood pressure is possibly most important for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke, according to the statement. About 70% of people who have had a recent ischemic also have high blood pressure.
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[link url=http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2014/04/30/STR.0000000000000024.abstract?sid=57ab2a0c-0eaa-48fd-939a-22a9b4d7cf61]Guidelines abstract[/link]