Stroke News

The number of Americans with dementia — which currently stands at 1 in 7 — could triple by 2050, according to an American Heart Association writing group.

Higher self-reported leisure-time physical activity was associated with reduced major adverse CV event and all-cause mortality risk, but higher occupational physical activity was linked to increased risks, researchers reported.

Acute stroke occurred rarely in a cohort of nearly 2,700 “critically ill” patients with COVID-19, according to findings from an international registry that also demonstrated greater mortality with hemorrhagic, but not ischemic, stroke.

Among older individuals, better baseline CV health was associated with lower risk for incident atrial fibrillation, researchers reported.

Among patients with recent ischemic stroke, an insertable cardiac monitor detected atrial fibrillation more frequently than a device used in standard care, according to results of the STROKE AF trial.

During endovascular therapy for large vessel occlusion stroke, more than three attempts at clot retrieval was associated with elevated risk for symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, regardless of procedure time, researchers reported.

Nearly 30% of patients with chronic coronary syndromes have diabetes and are at an increased risk for adverse CV outcomes, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Comfort care interventions could improve quality of life in hospitalized patients with stroke, but disparities related to sex, race and income should be addressed, researchers reported.

New findings published in Hypertension highlight the need for prevention strategies to reduce BP levels due to the nearly fourfold incidence of stroke observed among Black young adults.

If all U.S. adults attained high CV health status, 2 million adult CVD events could be prevented annually, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.