Stroke prevention in women: Challenges and opportunities

Women have a 20% lifetime risk of stroke. In addition, the majority of stroke-related deaths occur in women. Reducing the burden of stroke in women through prevention would positively affect public health. Unfortunately, most of the data used to develop specific evidence-based guidelines for stroke prevention in women were derived from coronary heart disease studies. Stroke was a secondary and less common outcome, if it was included at all. In...