Stroke in Women

This module was created by Maha Al-Istarabadi, MD, and Associate Professor Christine Kremer from the Department of Neurology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden/ Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.

Learning objectives:

At the completion of this e-learning course, you will be able to:

• describe sex differences in primary stroke prevention
• discuss the disparities in stroke risk factors, stroke etiology and mortality between men and women
• list the modifiable and not-modifiable stroke risk factors in women
• explain how health disparities in stroke treatment between men and women can be reduced in the future