Recomendações do Grupo de Estudo das Doenças Cerebro Vasculares da Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurologia.

Abstract

The recommendations of the Study Group for Cerebrovascular Diseases of the Portuguese Society of Neurology are presented with regard to the following aspects: risk factors for stroke, primary and secondary stroke prevention by carotid endarterectomy, primary and secondary stroke prevention in non-valvular auricular fibrillation, platelet antiaggregation in primary and secondary ischemic stroke prevention, hospitalisation criteria for patients with acute stroke, stroke units, and also a model report for carotid and vertebral Doppler ultrasonography tests, as well as diagnostic criteria for carotid stenosis by ultrasonography.