A ction must be taken to prevent cardiovascular disease in women and men before signs
and symptoms of the disease appear or a myocar-dial infarction or stroke is experienced …

It is a pleasure for me to give the Willis Lecture. I am especially honored because at the 8th
Conference in February 1983 I also gave the Keynote Address, before it became known as …

Neurogenic mechanisms are important in the maintenance of most forms of hypertension,
yet the brain is highly vulnerable to the deleterious effects of elevated blood pressure …

Abstract From 1950 to 1980, 3623 patients from Olmsted County, Minnesota, were found to
have atrial fibrillation. Ninety-seven of these patients (2.7 percent), who were 60 years old or …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Trends in stroke incidence and mortality are available from
few sites worldwide. The unique nature of the medical care in patients from Rochester, Minn …

Background and Purpose—There is scant population-based information on functional
outcome, survival, and recurrence for ischemic stroke subtypes. Methods—We identified all …

Background and Purpose—There is scant population-based information on incidence and
risk factors for ischemic stroke subtypes. Methods—We identified all 454 residents of …

✓ The authors report the results of a long-term follow-up study of 130 patients with 161
unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysms. Their findings suggest that unruptured saccular …

Objectives The SPARC (Stroke Prevention: Assessment of Risk in a Community) study was
designed to identify risk factors for stroke and cardiovascular disease using …

The distribution of the burden of stroke morbidity and mortality is heterogeneous in the US
population and is changing dramatically with time. Stroke mortality remains the third leading …