Participants were monitored with electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram instruments that recorded electrical activity in the brain and their heart rhythms.
The digitized collection includes over 3,000 documents, from the study’s inception in the 1930s to the work of the panel that investigated it in the 1970s.
Stroke deaths are unequally distributed, with 86 percent occurring in low- and middle-income nations, and a growing number affecting people under age 55.
The researchers recommend that survivors “receive lifelong care focused on health promotion and early detection of potential complications” from their treatment.