The YSN Library blog reports on the new American Heart Association and American Stroke Association stroke prevention guidelines. The guidelines now advise physicians take a "patient-oriented approach to stroke prevention," which is a change from previous guidelines advocating a population-based approach.

The guideline published in the June issue of Stroke is:

Primary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council: Cosponsored by the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease Interdisciplinary Working Group; Cardiovascular Nursing Council; Clinical Cardiology Council; Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline. Larry B. Goldstein, Robert Adams, Mark J. Alberts, Lawrence J. Appel, Lawrence M. Brass, Cheryl D. Bushnell, Antonio Culebras, Thomas J. DeGraba, Philip B. Gorelick, John R. Guyton, Robert G. Hart, George Howard, Margaret Kelly-Hayes, J.V. (Ian) Nixon, and Ralph L. Sacco Stroke 2006 37: 1583 - 1633