<International Circulation >:  What advice would you give doctors for the preventative measures that they should take in order to stop stroke before it becomes a problem in their patients?

　《国际循环》：在中风成为患者的一个问题前，您建议医生采取什么样的预防措施终止中风？

　　Dr Sacco:   The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is advocating much more toward prevention of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.  Stroke is the leading cause of death in China， so our new plans are very much aimed at reducing stroke risks.  Our new “2020 goal” is to improve ideal cardiovascular health by 20% while continuing to reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20%.  We have defined ideal cardiovascular health as seven key factors for us to try to improve: blood pressure， cholesterol， and blood sugar and keeping them in the right range， meaning， preventing high blood pressure， high cholesterol， and diabetes.  Also 4 behavioral factors: physical activity， no smoking， ideal body mass index， and a healthy diet.  And diet has a number of factors including salt consumption that needs to be emphasized particularly in China.

　Sacco博士：美国心脏学会更提倡预防。当我们说预防时是指预防心血管疾病和中风，中风在中国是主要的死亡原因。因此，我们有一个整体的2020新目标规划，试图促进理想化的心血管健康，这是真正的我们界定的试图改善的七个关键因素：一，了解血压、胆固醇和血糖，保证它们在正常范围，以防止高血压、高胆固醇和糖尿病，但亦有4个行为因素：体育锻炼、不吸烟、消除肥胖、饮食。饮食有包括钠和盐的消费等几个关键因素，需要在中国特别界定。