ISC 2026 | Global expert consensus emphasizing the need for improved secondary stroke prevention
Valeria Caso, MD, PhD, FESO, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, discusses a global expert consensus on the importance of secondary stroke prevention. Dr Caso emphasizes the need for improving secondary prevention strategies. This interview took place at the 2026 International Stroke Congress (ISC), held in New Orleans, LA.
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Yes, this was a nice work because we were all experts all over the world, from China to Europe. It was interesting because we realized how unsatisfied we were with the secondary prevention of our stroke patients. We still have to remember that 7 to 12% of our patients will get a new stroke after admission to our stroke unit. And this is something that for us is not acceptable. If you tell something like this to an oncological patient, he will say, oh God, so I’m not clean...
Yes, this was a nice work because we were all experts all over the world, from China to Europe. It was interesting because we realized how unsatisfied we were with the secondary prevention of our stroke patients. We still have to remember that 7 to 12% of our patients will get a new stroke after admission to our stroke unit. And this is something that for us is not acceptable. If you tell something like this to an oncological patient, he will say, oh God, so I’m not clean. I have always in my mind that I can be ill again. And this is something that we also have to improve – we have to lower these numbers and we realize that it’s not only the treatment that is missing but the holistic approach to tell your patients to exercise, tell your patients to lose weight, not to smoke. So it’s very important that you have the whole package in order to improve the outcome of our patients.
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