Rishi Gupta, MD Department of Neurology, Section of Stroke and Neurological Critical Care, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Derk W. Krieger, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, Section of Stroke and Neurological Critical Care, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Address: Derk W. Krieger, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Section of Stroke and Neurological Critical Care, S91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail krieged@ccf.org
Dr. Krieger has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of BMS and is a consultant for Boehringer Ingleheim.
This paper discusses therapies that are experimental or are not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the use under discussion.
ABSTRACTMany questions remain about specific strategies to prevent first or subsequent stroke: Do statins prevent stroke? Which antithrombotic drugs are best? What is the best way to treat carotid stenosis? We review current evidence on drug therapy and surgical options, addressing key stroke risk factors: ie, hypertension, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, patent foramen ovale, aortic stenosis, and carotid stenosis.
