Early intervention of mini-stroke halves stroke risk
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A new cohort study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the rapid treatment of TIA (transient ischaemic attack, often labelled as mini-stroke) reduces the risk of recurrent stroke and cardiovascular events by a staggering 50% when compared with historical cohorts.
In this 5-year clinical follow-up study covering 21 countries, 4789 patients from the TIAregistry.org project (a large international registry) were recruited on the basis of existence of dedicated care system for TIA patients. The risks of recurrent stroke and other vascular events among TIA patients are determined by Kaplan-Meier (ABCD2 scores) wherein higher scores indicate greater risks of recurrent stroke/heart problems or vice versa.
The risk of recurrent stroke and other cardiovascular events has been reported in the previous cohorts at 12–20% for the first 3 months. Interestingly, this new study demonstrates a decrease in ABCD2 score and the risk of recurrent stroke and vascular events were reduced significantly by at least 50% when compared with historical cohorts at day 2, 7, 30, 90 and 1 year (1.5, 2.1, 2.8, 3.7 and 5.1 %, respectively).
Additionally, the risk observed during the follow-up period remained after rapid treatment of secondary stroke prevention strategies such as antiplatelet drug or antihypertensive medication.
According to a statistic from the US National Stroke Association, approximately 23.2% of the stroke patients experience recurrent strokes each year. This study shows that the recurrent stroke and vascular incidence can be reduced by half if urgent medical attention such as medication is given among TIA patients.
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