Stroke News

The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, has published a new scientific statement outlining the role of primary care providers in post-stroke care.

The ADAPTABLE trial, presented and published in May, was notable in two ways: It provided answers on aspirin dosage for patients needing secondary CVD prevention and it showed a large-scale pragmatic trial could work.

Vulnerable populations along the U.S. southern border require targeted intervention to improve stroke-related mortality, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

The presence of metabolic acidosis increased the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease, study findings showed.

Atherosclerotic CVD was more prevalent among individuals of South Asian ancestry compared with those of European ancestry, a finding not explained by the addition of various risk factors to the Pooled Cohort Equations, researchers reported.

At hospitals participating in Get With the Guidelines-Stroke, patients with acute ischemic stroke received similar quality care and had comparable outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long-term results from the ASCOT trial demonstrated that an amlodipine-based BP-lowering regimen reduced stroke risk compared with an atenolol-based regimen, although no benefit in dementia risk was observed.

Data on how stigmatization stress responses and gender-affirming hormone therapies may impact the heart health of transgender and gender-diverse individuals are lacking, researchers reported.

Results of a meta-analysis published in Neurology determined there was no difference in functional outcomes between direct thrombectomy and combination with bridging IV thrombolysis among Asian patients with large vessel occlusion stroke.

Younger adults born early preterm experienced up to a 42% greater risk for stroke compared with those born full term, an association not entirely explained by genetic or environmental factors, according to data published in Stroke.