Medication adherence: WHO cares?

MT Brown, JK Bussell - Mayo clinic proceedings, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The treatment of chronic illnesses commonly includes the long-term use of
pharmacotherapy. Although these medications are effective in combating disease, their full …

2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral …

TG Brott, JL Halperin, S Abbara, JM Bacharach… - Journal of the American …, 2011‏ - jacc.org
1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review The ACCF/AHA writing committee to create the
2011 Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral …

Embolic strokes of undetermined source: the case for a new clinical construct

RG Hart, HC Diener, SB Coutts, JD Easton… - The Lancet …, 2014‏ - thelancet.com
Cryptogenic (of unknown cause) ischaemic strokes are now thought to comprise about 25%
of all ischaemic strokes. Advances in imaging techniques and improved understanding of …

AHA/ACCF secondary prevention and risk reduction therapy for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2011 update: a guideline from the …

SC Smith, EJ Benjamin, RO Bonow, LT Braun… - Journal of the American …, 2011‏ - jacc.org
Since the 2006 update of the American Heart Associa-tion (AHA)/American College of
Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) guidelines on secondary prevention (1), important evidence …

Stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of carotid-artery stenosis

TG Brott, RW Hobson, G Howard… - … England Journal of …, 2010‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Carotid-artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy are both options for treating
carotid-artery stenosis, an important cause of stroke. Methods We randomly assigned …

Ischaemic stroke in young adults: risk factors and long-term consequences

NAMM Maaijwee, LCA Rutten-Jacobs… - Nature Reviews …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Contrary to trends in most other diseases, the average age of ischaemic stroke onset is
decreasing, owing to a rise in the incidence of stroke among'young'individuals (under 50 …

Comprehensive overview of nursing and interdisciplinary rehabilitation care of the stroke patient: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

EL Miller, L Murray, L Richards, RD Zorowitz, T Bakas… - Stroke, 2010‏ - ahajournals.org
In the United States, the incidence rate of new or recurrent stroke is approximately 795 000
per year, and stroke prevalence for individuals over the age of 20 years is estimated at 6.5 …

Antiphospholipid syndrome

G Ruiz-Irastorza, M Crowther, W Branch… - The Lancet, 2010‏ - thelancet.com
The antiphospholipid syndrome causes venous, arterial, and small-vessel thrombosis;
pregnancy loss; and preterm delivery for patients with severe pre-eclampsia or placental …

2012 accf/aha focused update of the guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina/non–st-elevation myocardial infarction (updating the 2007 …

H Jneid, JL Anderson, RS Wright, CD Adams… - Journal of the American …, 2012‏ - jacc.org
1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review The standing guideline writing committee along
with the parent Task Force identified trials and other key data through October 2011 that may …