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Dallas, TX<\/strong> – If you had heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure<\/a>, before your first stroke<\/a>, your risk of suffering subsequent strokes and dementia up to five years later may be higher, according to new research in the American Heart Association\u2019s journal Stroke.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWe already know that stroke patients have an increased risk of recurrent stroke and dementia,\u201d said M. Arfan Ikram, M.D., Ph.D., senior study author and associate professor, department of epidemiology, neurology and radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Everyone has regrets. Don\u2019t let your Brain Health be one. Choices you make today can help prevent stroke and heart disease and keep you mentally sharp as you age. Avoid brain problems like stroke, memory loss and dementia by controlling your risk factors. (American Heart Association)<\/p><\/div>\n
“What we didn\u2019t know was whether this increased risk persists for a long time after stroke and whether heart disease risk factors present before the first stroke influenced the risk of recurrent strokes or dementia,\u201dstated Ikram. \u201cOur study found these risk factors influence future stroke and dementia and the risks persist for an extended period in some patients.\u201d<\/p>\n
Researchers studied a group of 1,237 stroke survivors from an existing long-term study and compared them to a stroke-free group of about 5,000 people from the same study.<\/p>\n
They found:<\/h3>\n\n- One year after suffering a stroke, survivors retain a high risk of a recurrent stroke or dementia for at least five years.<\/li>\n
- After one year, first-time stroke survivors were three times more likely than those who hadn\u2019t suffered a stroke to have a recurrent stroke.<\/li>\n
- Stroke survivors were nearly two times more likely to have dementia than those who had not suffered stroke.<\/li>\n
- Among the stroke survivors, 39 percent of recurrent strokes and 10 percent of post-stroke dementia cases were attributed to pre-stroke cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure; diabetes; low levels of high-density lipoprotein<\/a> (HDL \u2013 the good cholesterol); smoking; and transient ischemic attack (TIA \u2013 mini stroke).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u201cThis study suggests that risk factors that lead to the initial stroke may also predispose patients to worsening mental and physical health after stroke. This also applies to risk of death after stroke. We found in a previous study that 27 percent of all deaths after stroke can be attributed to risk factors already present before stroke,\u201d Ikram said.<\/p>\n
Taking good care of your cardiovascular risk factors \u2014 even if you have never experienced a stroke \u2014 is not only important to prevent the first stroke, but it can go a long way to prevent a second stroke and dementia, he added.<\/p>\n
Stroke is the fifth most common cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. The American Heart Association\u2019s Life\u2019s Simple 7<\/a> helps people monitor and reduce cardiovascular risk factors that can lead to heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\nCo-authors are Marileen L.P. Portegies, M.D.; Frank J. Wolters, M.D.; Albert Hofman, M.D.; M. Kamran Ikram, M.D.; and Peter J. Koudstaal, M.D. Author disclosures are on the manuscript.<\/p>\n
The Netherlands Heart Foundation and Erasmus MC Fellowship 2013 funded the study.<\/p>\n
Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- After July 21st, view the manuscript<\/a> online.<\/li>\n
- www.StrokeAssociation.org\/brainhealth<\/a><\/li>\n
- Spot a stroke F.A.S.T.<\/a><\/li>\n
- Heart disease risk factors<\/a><\/li>\n
- Physical activity reduces risk of dementia in elderly<\/a><\/li>\n
- Follow AHA\/ASA news on Twitter @HeartNews<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- For stroke science, follow the Stroke<\/em> journal at @StrokeAHA_ASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThis study suggests that risk factors that lead to the initial stroke may also predispose patients to worsening mental and physical health after stroke. This also applies to risk of death after stroke. We found in a previous study that 27 percent of all deaths after stroke can be attributed to risk factors already present before stroke,\u201d Ikram said.<\/p>\n
Taking good care of your cardiovascular risk factors \u2014 even if you have never experienced a stroke \u2014 is not only important to prevent the first stroke, but it can go a long way to prevent a second stroke and dementia, he added.<\/p>\n
Stroke is the fifth most common cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. The American Heart Association\u2019s Life\u2019s Simple 7<\/a> helps people monitor and reduce cardiovascular risk factors that can lead to heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n Co-authors are Marileen L.P. Portegies, M.D.; Frank J. Wolters, M.D.; Albert Hofman, M.D.; M. Kamran Ikram, M.D.; and Peter J. Koudstaal, M.D. Author disclosures are on the manuscript.<\/p>\n The Netherlands Heart Foundation and Erasmus MC Fellowship 2013 funded the study.<\/p>\n Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report Dallas, TX – If you had heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, before your first stroke, your risk of suffering subsequent strokes and dementia up to five years later may be higher, according to new research in the American Heart Association\u2019s journal Stroke. \u201cWe already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[2538,4030,7101,216,218,215,2557,2543],"class_list":["post-11541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-american-heart-association","tag-dallas-tx","tag-dementia","tag-diabetes","tag-heart-disease","tag-high-blood-pressure","tag-lipoprotein","tag-stroke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11542,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11541\/revisions\/11542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n