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. 1997 Jan-Feb;6(3):141-3.
doi: 10.1016/s1052-3057(97)80231-5.

Stroke and the american presidency

J Meschia, B E Safirstein, J Biller

Stroke and the american presidency

J Meschia et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 1997 Jan-Feb.

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  • J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008 Mar-Apr;17(2):108

Abstract

Eight past presidents of the United States have suffered at least one stroke: John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Richard Milhous Nixon. Survival from time of last stroke was greater than one month in only President John Tyler. Nixon represents the first president to be on scientifically validated prophylaxis (warfarin). He was also the first president to be considered for a controlled therapeutic trial in acute stroke and the first to have had an advanced directive regarding terminal care.

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