How is the Stroke PROTECT program different from the American Heart Association (AHA) “Get with the Guidelines” program?
A. Although both are secondary stroke prevention initiatives, the Stroke PROTECT program strategy differs in a number of ways. First of all, the Stroke PROTECT program’s focus is on the implementation of its goals during the initial hospitalization to ensure that patients are definitively started on these life-enhancing therapies. Secondly, within the program there is regular monitoring and feedback, with regard to the patient’s compliance with, and awareness of, the 8 program goals, further reinforced by the active inclusion of the patient’s family and primary care physician in the program’s post-hospital discharge follow up process. Thirdly, the individual aspects of stroke prevention within the PROTECT program are more aggressive based on recent clinical trial evidence (HPS and PROGRESS trials), that is not reflected in the AHA guidelines, as noted by our statin, ace-inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker and diuretic goals.
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