American Heart Association: Young Adults With PTSD May Have a Higher Risk of Stroke in Middle Age
October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 17 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:
oung adults who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be more likely to experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or major stroke event by middle age, raising the risk as much as other better-known risk factors, according to new research published in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
"Stroke . . .
oung adults who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be more likely to experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or major stroke event by middle age, raising the risk as much as other better-known risk factors, according to new research published in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
"Stroke . . .