Current Care Guidelines

The American Stroke Association has a comprehensive and complete list of stroke care guidelines on their website that are available for download.

Last Updated: June 4, 2008

Selected Guidelines:
Primary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association. Goldstein LB et al. Circulation. 2001; 103:163-182.

Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association. Broderick JP et al. Stroke. 1999; 30:905-915.

Recommendations for the Management of Patients with Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From a Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association. Bederson JB et al. Circulation. 2000; 102:2300-2308.

Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Report of the Joint Stroke Guideline Development Committee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Stroke Association (a Division of the American Heart Association). Coull BM et al. Stroke . 2002; 33:1934-1942.

Recommendations for the Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms. A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Committee on Cerebrovascular Imaging of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology. Johnston SC et al. Stroke . 2002;33:2536-2544.

Guidelines and Recommendations for Perfusion Imaging in Cerebral Ischemia. A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals by the Writing Group on Perfusion Imaging, From the Council on Cariovascular Radiology of the American Heart Association. Latchaw RE et al. Stroke. 2003;34:1084-1104.

Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Ischemic Stroke. A Scientific Statement From the Stroke Council of the American Stroke Association. Adams HP et al. Stroke. 2003;34:1056-1083.

Recommendations for Stroke Systems of Care
Recommendations for the Establishment of Stroke Systems of Care. Recommendations From the American Stroke Association's Task Force on the Development of Stroke Systems. Schwamm LH, et al. Circulation. 2005; 111(8):1079-1091.

Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers. Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers. Alberts MJ et al. JAMA. 2000; 283:3102-3109.

Recommendations for Comprehensive Stroke Centers. A Consensus Statement from the Brain Attack Coalition. Alberts MJ et al. Stroke. 2005; 36(7):1597-1618.