PRIMARY CEREBRAL STROKE PREVENTION
The article describes main directions of primary prevention of cerebral stroke. It is shown that the system of primary prevention of stroke is divided on population strategy and high-risk strategy. Population strategy is aimed at informing the public about modifiable risk factors associated with lifestyle, and possibility of their correction. A population strategy is aimed at informing the public about modifiable risk factors associated with lifestyle, and possibility of their correction. Strategy of a high risk means early identification of patients in high risk groups followed by preventive medicamental and (if necessary) of vascular surgery treatment. Thus, changes in lifestyle, adequate antihypertensive, antithrombotic, hypoglycemic therapy, normalization of lipid metabolism, reasoned surgery on carotid arteries can significantly reduce the risk of a first stroke.