Recurrent stroke rate was higher than coronary heart disease rate in the first year after stroke but similar after the first year

摘要

The study by Kaplan and colleagues confirms the known high risk fornearly recurrent stroke in the year after a first ischemic stroke, presumablynreflecting persistence of an active and inadequately treated sourcenof atherothrombembolism or cardiogenic embolism (1). It also confirmsnthe subsequently steady and lower risk for recurrent stroke afternthe first year, which parallels that of CHD events since inception (2).nThis presumably reflects continued exposure to causal risk factors fornatherosclerosis.