Stroke News

Endovascular therapy for patients with acute large vessel occlusion with large ischemic core improved their likelihood of achieving a favorable outcome at 90 days by more than twofold vs. medical therapy alone, a speaker reported.

Compared with controls, survivors of acute COVID-19 have elevated CV risks and burdens at 1 year, even if they were not hospitalized for COVID-19, researchers reported in Nature Medicine.

Anger or emotional upset was associated with all stroke types, according to study findings published in European Heart Journal.

A history of pregnancy loss may be an independent risk factor for future CVD, CHD and stroke, according to an analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II published in the European Heart Journal.

Presence of hyperglycemia at hospital admission for stroke was linked with elevated risk for subsequent stroke by 90 days, an increase that dual antiplatelet therapy seemingly failed to curtail, researchers reported.

The American Heart Association unveiled a series of tips on how to get and stay healthy during the winter season.

Heart disease continues to stand as the leading global cause of death, but there has been a rapid rise in brain disease-related deaths, and risk factors for both are similar, according to an American Heart Association report.

In adults aged 35 years or younger, women were 44% more likely to have an ischemic stroke compared with men, according to a systematic review.

Surgical treatment at approximately 12.5 hours after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage correlated with improved outcomes, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Bereavement-related stress, particularly from the death of a child, may slightly increase risk for stroke, according to a bi-national, population-based cohort study published in Neurology.