Links & References

Useful Webistes

• The Stroke Association
• NHS Stroke Web Page
• BBC Health - Stroke
• Patient.co.uk

Other Sources

Wikipedia, Wikicommons and FlickR has provided the copyright-friendly used images for the website:

• Wikipedia Encyclopedia
• Wikicommons
• Flickr

Futher Reading

Adams et al. (1998) Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. Stroke. 24: 35-41

Bushnell (2008) Stroke in Women: risk and preventionthroughout the lifespan. Neurologic Clinics. 26(4): 1161-1176

Cushman et al. (2008) Estimated 10-year stroke risk by region and race in the United States: Geographic and racial differences in stroke risk. Annals of neurology. 64(5): 507-513

Ederle and Brown (2008) Stroke Prevention. Herz. 33(7): 518-523

Freeman and Aguilar (2008) Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and other major cardiac sources of embolism. Neurologic Clinics. 26(4): 1129-1160 

Wolf et al. (1991) Atrial Fibrillation as an Independent Risk Factor for Stroke: The Framingham Study. Stroke. 22(8):983-988,

Zhao et al. (2008) Small Dense Low-Density Lipoproteins and Associated Risk Factors in Patients with Stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases 27(1):99-104