Stroke
From the Journals
Less severe strokes with LAA closure vs. DOAC in AFib?
“Despite a higher baseline risk profile, patients treated with LAAC who developed IS had better outcomes than those receiving DOAC prophylaxis.”...
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PREVENT: AHA’s new risk calculator incorporates CKM health
PREVENT is for use in adults aged 30-79 years and estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total CVD including, for the first time, heart failure.
News
Hourly air pollution exposure: A risk factor for stroke
“These variations in susceptibility highlight the importance of implementing effective health protection measures to reduce exposure to air...
Conference Coverage
Study takes fine-grained look at MACE risk with glucocorticoids in RA
The level of risk for MACE rose with the dose, duration, and recency of GC use, and risk increased significantly at prednisone-equivalent doses as...
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Apixaban cuts stroke but ups bleeding in subclinical AFib: ARTESIA
The big question is whether the reduction in stroke with anticoagulation outweighs the increase in major bleeding.
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Pregnancy in rheumatic disease quadruples risk of cardiovascular events
Pregnant patients with lupus and concomitant APS had an 18-fold higher risk for a cardiovascular event during and up to 6 weeks postpartum than...
Conference Coverage
Stroke patients benefit from neurologic music therapy
Neurologic music therapy improves mental health and increases neuroplasticity, when used in conjunction with stroke rehabilitation.
Commentary
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and high stroke risk in Black women
These complications of pregnancy serve as a window into a woman’s future cardiometabolic health and a marker of her cardiovascular risk.
Conference Coverage
Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of heart problems, stroke
The latest research indicates that smoking and inhaling cannabis increases concentrations of blood carboxyhemoglobin and tar, similar to the...
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No benefit of colchicine after stroke, TIA: CHANCE-3
“We require randomized trials with longer follow-up prior to abandoning this potential treatment.”
From the Journals
Pragmatic solutions to ‘catastrophic’ global stroke burden
Recommendations to reduce the global burden of stroke include measures to improve surveillance, prevention, acute care, and rehabilitation.