Article Topic: Secondary Stroke Prevention Author: Manar Ezzat Mahmood Editor: Haneen A. Banihani, Haneen Al-Abdallat Reviewer: Neebal Algallab Keywords: Embolic, hemorrhage, infarction, hypertension.  Overview Stroke is a neurological deficit attributed to focal injury of the central nervous system (CNS) due to a vascular cause and is considered a significant cause of disability and death worldwide.1 Stroke can affect the old and the young, though less commonly published, but young stroke patients are faced in clinical practice and have a disproportionately large economic impact.2 Stroke recurrence is defined as an event resulting in a neurological deficit different from the initial stroke, […]