Guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

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Published in Stroke on October 28, 2014

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James F Meschia, Cheryl Bushnell, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Lynne T Braun, Dawn M Bravata, Seemant Chaturvedi, Mark A Creager, Robert H Eckel, Mitchell S V Elkind, Myriam Fornage, Larry B Goldstein, Steven M Greenberg, Susanna E Horvath, Costantino Iadecola, Edward C Jauch, Wesley S Moore, John A Wilson, American Heart Association Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, Council on Hypertension

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