Let’s Talk About Stroke Fact Sheets

 
Understanding your condition and how to manage it can increase your confidence in making changes to improve and maintain your health or the health of your loved one.

Let’s Talk About Stroke is a series of downloadable patient information sheets presented in a question-and-answer format that’s brief, easy to follow and easy to read. They can help you better prepare for your next visit with your health care professional by writing down questions, information or tracking personal data.

Whether you or your loved one just had a stroke or are at high risk for stroke, these fact sheets will help you understand your condition and start taking action to reduce your risk for stroke.

Topics address:

• Risk factors and lifestyle changes
• Diagnosis and treatment
• Post-stroke conditions

Access the fact sheets in Spanish.

For additional information: The American Heart Association has created Answers by Heart, a line of downloadable patient information sheets that relate to cardiovascular conditions, treatments, tests, lifestyle and risk reduction. Some topics are also available in Spanish: Respuestas del corazón.