Stroke News

The odds of 3-month symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage following IV thrombolysis for ischemic stroke among patients aged 90 years or older were not greater compared with younger patients, researchers reported.

Compared with uninfected controls, patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had elevated risk for death and CV events, according to new data from the UK Biobank.

Addition of an oral factor XIa inhibitor to aspirin and clopidogrel vs. standard therapy for stroke prevention.

Increasing BMI in young adult men is strongly associated with early atrial fibrillation as well as later worse clinical outcomes, including incident HF, stroke and all-cause mortality, among those diagnosed with AF, researchers reported.

Patients with stroke due to nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage had significantly higher rates of major adverse cardiovascular events, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

In patients with stable angina, increased risk for stroke and mortality was positively correlated with higher consumption of milk and total dairy intake, researchers reported in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Women with gestational diabetes have increased risks for overall and specific types of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, whether or not they go on to develop type 2 diabetes, according to study data published in The BMJ.

The risks for major adverse cardiac events and venous thromboembolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis did not significantly differ between those receiving Janus kinase inhibitors or adalimumab, according to data.

The European Society of Cardiology Congress was held Aug. 26 to 29 in Barcelona, Spain, and online, having an in-person component for the first time since 2019.

The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions will be held live in Chicago and can be attended virtually Nov. 5 to 7, and will feature nine late-breaking science sessions over 3 days.