ischemic stroke prevention trial

Introduction

Clinical trials for prevention of ischemic stroke.

Management

• medical management appears superior to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty & stenting

More general terms

• clinical trial

More specific terms

• asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) study
• CEA vs CAS (CREST) trial
• ESPIRIT study
• ESPS-2 study
• Prevention Regimen For Effectively avoiding Second Strokes (PRoFESS) study
• Stenting versus Aggressive Medical Therapy for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis
• Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial
• Warfarin Aspirin Recurrent Stroke Study (WARSS)