Ischemic stroke is characterized by high incidence, high recurrence rate, high mortality rate and high disability rate. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, standardized treatment of acute ischemic stroke has been demonstrated to reduce mortality in acute phase. With the rapid economic development and dramatic changes in lifestyle in China, the prevalence of stroke has been increasing significantly and has become a serious public health threat. The global stroke report released by the New England Journal of Medicine in 2018 showed that China has the highest incidence of stroke and burden of stroke related diseases. The national cause of death survey also indicated that stroke is the highest cause of death among urban residents and the second highest among rural residents in China. About 3/4 of stroke patients suffered variable degrees of disability, and the recurrence rate within 1 year after stroke is up to 17.7%, which is much higher than that in the developed countries. Moreover, post-stroke disability brings a heavy burden of economy and human care to the society and family. Stroke prevention is consequently of great importance. Findings from previous studies have repeatedly verified the effectiveness of standard stroke secondary prevention strategies. However, there is a disconnect between stroke prevention and treatment guidelines, and clinical practice, leading to an insufficient application of standard stroke secondary prevention. An improvement of the adherence to secondary ischemic stroke prevention in China has already been demonstrated by the implementation of a guideline-based, structured care program, which has been promoted to more than 150 hospitals and effectively improved stroke prevention and treatment in China. To improve the application of secondary prevention system in primary hospitals, and further reduce the recurrence and disability rate of stroke, and socioeconomic burden in China, the investigators aim to popularize the standard stroke secondary prevention through artificial intelligence technology, thus to establish an economically efficient information management platform for stroke secondary prevention.
To promote the application of the standardized secondary prevention of stroke in primary hospitals,and further reduce the recurrence rate, disability rate, and socioeconomic burden in China, the investigators aim to popularize the standard secondary stroke prevention strategy through artificial intelligence technology, and thus to establish an information management system for standard treatment of stroke.