What are the key components of the American Heart Association Stroke Council's guidelines for prevention of stroke in women?
The key components of the American Heart Association Stroke Council's guidelines for prevention of stroke in women include documenting a woman's history of pregnancy-related complications, carefully evaluating her cardiovascular and stroke risk factors, and partnering with her to aggressively reduce her risk through lifestyle interventions and drug therapies as appropriate. The guidelines also suggest incorporating key information from the guidelines into publications read by the primary care and OB/GYN communities, and using the stroke prevention guidelines for women to develop educational resources for patients to understand their risk, know what measures they can take to reduce their risk, and know what stroke prevention measures they should expect to be implemented by their healthcare providers.