ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1013 IMPLEMENTATION OF A CAROTID ULTRASOUND SCREENING MODEL FOR STROKE PRIMARY PREVENTION IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS: THE ISA-AFRICA EXPERIENCE
Leonardo Bruno, Federico Marrama, Anne Falcou · 2026
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Leonardo Bruno and co-authors present a 2026 conference study on neck vessel ultrasound screening for stroke prevention in Kinshasa. Stroke strikes hard in Sub-Saharan Africa, and prevention must work with scarce means. The ISA-AFRICA project tested a two-step screen in the city.
More than three hundred people passed a first community risk triage. About a third, judged high risk, went on to full checks with vessel ultrasound. The scan found artery buildup in near four of ten checked patients. A few had severe narrowing or rough, risky plaques, and none had ever been scanned before. High blood pressure was near universal in the checked group. New clot drugs were started for some based on the finds.
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| CREATOR | Leonardo Bruno, Federico Marrama, Anne Falcou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |