'Lifestyle and medication, not Surgery, key to preventing stroke

Adj A/Prof Anne Abbott recently published a review of treatment
for arterial narrowing, and found that lifestyle changes are more
effective than surgery. See her Channel 9 news interview.

Lifestyle changes and medication are more effective in combating the risk of stroke than invasive procedures, a Monash University study shows.

Adjunct Associate Professor Anne Abbott has analysed more than four decades of data relating to common treatments for advanced carotid artery stenosis, one of the leading causes of stroke, and found surgery and stents have very limited impact, if any, in preventing stroke.