DRUG PROPHYLAXIS OF STROKE IN CARDIOVASCU LAR-DISEASES

Basing on the results of numerous investigations it is possible to sin gle out 4 main directions in prevention of acute failure of cerebral c irculation (AFCC) in cardiovascular diseases: stroke prevention in hyp ertensive subjects, prevention of cardioembolic stroke in patients wit h cardiac arrhythmia, prevention of recurrent AFCC episodes in patient s with transitory ischemic attacks and minor stroke, prevention of the stroke by inhibition of progression of carotid atherosclerosis. The b est population effect in stroke prevention belongs to active detection and adequate treatment of AH because AH is involved in development of the majority of the mechanisms underlying both hemorrhagic and ischem ic stroke.