Stroke News

Using the American Heart Association’s new PREVENT risk calculator would mean reducing eligibility for statin and/or antihypertensive therapy by approximately 16 million U.S. adults, researchers reported in JAMA.

Is there such a thing as having a broken heart from depression?

Initiation of high-intensity statin therapy during the acute phase of minor, noncardiogenic stroke may increase bleeding risk, according to the results of a Chinese cohort study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

For the 30th straight year, Cleveland Clinic topped U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings for cardiology and heart surgery.

Cancer survivors with the lowest socioeconomic status appeared twice as likely to die of CVD than those with the highest household incomes, according to a study published in European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes.

Adults with obstructive sleep apnea had elevated odds of developing various heart-related health conditions compared with those without it, and the association was strongest in younger individuals, researchers reported.

Patient sex had seemingly no effect on the safety and efficacy of aspirin for patients with atherosclerotic CVD, according to secondary analysis of the ADAPTABLE trial published in JAMA Cardiology.

Statin initiation in patients with stroke etiologies not indicated for secondary prevention with statin therapy could hypothetically cause thousands of adverse events every year, according to a new meta-analysis published in Stroke.

Women with type 2 diabetes diagnosed with hypertension at younger than age 50 years have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and could benefit from intensive antihypertension therapy according to data published in Diabetes Care.

Loneliness was associated with an increased risk for stroke in middle-aged and older adults, and the risk was particularly high among those with chronic loneliness, a study in eClinicalMedicine showed.