Ischemic stroke and TIA

Current Care Guideline «Aivoinfarkti ja TIA»1 and Summary «Aivoinfarkti ja TIA»2 in Finnish

The majority of ischemic strokes can be prevented by managing the main risk factors: hypertension, smoking, abdominal obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, diabetes, dyslipidemia and atrial fibrillation. The key steps to improve the outcome are early diagnosis of TIA and stroke symptoms, access to thrombolytic and thrombectomy therapy, urgent medical secondary prevention and acute care in a dedicated stroke unit where assessment and rehabilitation are started and carried out by a multi-professional rehabilitation team. Long-term outcome is also improved by reinforced screening of specific etiologies such as atrial fibrillation and carotid stenosis.