Preventing recurrence of thromboembolic events through coordinated treatment in the District of Columbia

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 454-460

  Dromerick, Alexander W ^a   Gibbons, Michael C ^b   Edwards, Dorothy F ^c   Farr, Deeonna E ^d   Giannetti, Margot L ^d   Sánchez, Brisa ^e   Shara, Nawar M ^a,f   Fokar, Ali ^a,f   Jayam Trouth, Annapurni ^g   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^h   Kidwell, Chelsea S ⁱ  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Community health education; Health behavior; Healthcare disparities; Patient adherence; Patient compliance; Secondary prevention; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POVERTY AREAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053200692     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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