Interventions for improving modifiable risk factor control in the secondary prevention of stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Lager, Kate E ^a   Mistri, Amit K ^b   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a   Haunton, Victoria J ^b   Sett, Aung K ^b   Wilson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; AGED; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

EID: 84931562960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009103.pub2     Document Type: Review

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