Short-term prognosis after

Short-term prognosis after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke... 

The short term prognosis after major stroke depends on stroke subtype (Table 16.1), the occurrence of stroke-associated complications, stroke extension or recurrence. Whilst stroke subtype is fixed, optimal acute stroke treatment can impact on stroke morbidity and mortaUty through minimizing the UkeUhood of neurological deterioration and the occurrence of compUcations such as pulmonary embolus and pneumonia (Ch. 20) as well as through the administration of specific therapies (Ch. 21). 

After the demonstration of hemodynamic and symptomatic improvements induced by the short-term and long-term use of capto-pril (310, 311), Furberg and Yusuf pooled the results of placebo-controlled trials of both vasodilators and ACE inhibitors. Despite the absence of overall effects of vasodilators on survival, they suggested that ACE inhibitors may influence the vital prognosis beneficially (312). 

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