Stroke News

Disparities in race, ethnicity, health insurance, income and population density played a role in patient proximity to certified stroke care, researchers reported.

A plant-based diet was associated with a reduced risk for CVD among adults, but a diet of mostly low-fat foods was not, according to a study that spanned 3 decades.

Children of mothers who had maternal hypertensive disorders during pregnancy had elevated risk for developing CVD later in life, according to a presentation at ESC Heart & Stroke, a conference of the European Society of Cardiology.

Health care providers should perform diagnostic tests to determine the cause of a first stroke within 48 hours of symptom onset, according to an updated American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Clinical Practice Guideline.

In patients with ischemic stroke and no prior evidence of atrial fibrillation, implantable ECG monitoring for 12 months detected AF more often than external monitoring for 30 days, according to the results of the PER DIEM trial.

Healio and Cardiology Today have curated a list of the most read news in cardiology during the month of May.

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, may have elevated risk for ischemic stroke compared with those without OCD, researchers reported.

A prospective study of community-dwelling older adults demonstrated an independent relationship between silent myocardial infarction and subsequent ischemic stroke.

Comorbid COVID-19 occurred frequently among patients with ischemic stroke in 2020, especially in Black and Hispanic populations, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Links between clinical and imaging variables and stroke recurrence in patients with intracranial atherosclerotic disease and recent stroke or transient ischemic attack.