What are the new additions to the 2021 AHA secondary stroke prevention guideline?
The 2021 AHA secondary stroke prevention guideline includes a Diagnostic Evaluation and Systems of Care for Secondary Prevention sections, does not have a separate section on metabolic syndrome, has an expanded section on alcohol use, and includes additional conditions in the Management by Etiology section such as congenital heart disease, cardiac tumors, moyamoya disease, migraine, malignancy, vasculitis, other genetic disorders, carotid web, fibromuscular dysplasia, dolichoectasia, and embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). 