Cardiovascular Business July 15, 2021
Primary care teams help stroke patients recover as quickly as possible, working to limit recurrent stroke and avoid any further complications. A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association examines this role at length, providing key recommendations and emphasizing the importance of patient-centered care.
“In this statement, we affirm in a new way the role of the primary care professional in caring for people with stroke,” Walter N. Kernan, MD, chair of the statement’s writing group and a professor at Yale University School of Medicine, said in a prepared statement. “The core functions of primary care as a specialty include: 1) diagnosis and management of acute symptoms, 2) chronic disease management and 3) disease prevention....
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