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"Prophetic" New Web-based Tool 'Helps Predict Second Stroke Risk'
For the study, published in the December 16, 2009, online issue of Neurology, researchers examined information from 1,458 people who experienced an ischemic stroke and were admitted to the hospital within 72 hours.
"This is an important new tool because studies show that people who have a second stroke soon after a first stroke are more likely to die or have severe disability," said study author Hakan Ay, MD, with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. "This tool can help doctors identify people who are at high risk of having another stroke and need immediate evaluation based on information typically available at the time of initial evaluation."
In the study, participants gave information about their medical history and underwent brain scans. After a three-month follow up involving 806 of the participants, 60 strokes had occurred. Of those, 30 strokes occurred within 14 days of the first stroke. The study found that the risk of recurrent stroke was 2.6 percent at 14 days and six percent at 90 days.
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02/16/2010
It is a very useful tool for sure. First of all thanks for publishing the announcement about this web tool here because I wouldn't be able to find it ever. It is always nice when people are using new technologies in order to help old people or at least try to help them. I am not an old person but I have a grandmother who is living in the fear of a second stroke now. I hope that it will help me and that it will be also helpful for many other people in the United States and in other countries too.
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