... therapies as a key preventive measure to reduce stroke risk. Methods: We conducted a nonsystematic review of published studies analyzing the association between serum lipids and stroke risk, with special attention to the findings of clinical trials with lipid-modifying therapies (LDL-lowering drugs...

...), or both (n = 2). Although the ABCD and ABCD2 scores were highly predictive of stroke at 7 days (p < 0.0001), there was no clear relationship between either score and the prevalence of ≧50% carotid stenosis or AF. However, the scores did predict the 7-day stroke risk in patients with these pathologies...

... carotid strokes; outcome is also affected by clinical factors, such as age, and the presence of concomitant stroke risk factors, such as hypertension. In all forms of cerebrovascular disease, both symptomatic and asymptomatic the incidence of myocardial infarction and cardiac death is 4–5 times higher...