Stroke Prevention: Lessons from the Game of Hockey

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Stroke PreventionLessons from the Game of
Hockey

• DJ Sahlas, Adam Steacie, and Donna Gill

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Team Stroke

• Offensive Line-ups
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Hyperlipidemia
• Smoking
• (as well as some first round draft picks more
  on them, later)

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The Home Team

• Your Defense
• Antihypertensives
• Oral hypoglycemics/insulin
• Lipid-lowering agents/statins
• Nicotine replacement
• Your goalie
• Antiplatelet agent

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Promotion of Vascular Health is your Best Defence
(and will reduce dramatically the number of
shots on net!)
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ASA

• No. 81
• CAPRIE 338/3198 10.6 (89.4)
• ESPS2 206/1649 12.5 (87.5)
• ESPRIT 116/1376 8.4 (91.6)

ASA
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clopidogrel

• No. 75
• CAPRIE 315/3233 9.7 (90.3)
• PRoFESS 898/10151 8.8 (91.2)

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extended release dipyridamole

• No. 200/25 bid
• ESPS2 157/1650 9.5 (90.5)
• ESPRIT 96/1363 7.0 (93)
• PRoFESS 916/10181 9.0 (91)

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Whos the best in net?
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Whos the best in net?
Kent and Thaler, NEJM 3591287
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Kent and Thaler, NEJM 3591287