Stroke News

Atrial fibrillation screening with wearable continuous electrocardiographic monitors was well tolerated, increased AF detection and sometimes prompted anticoagulant therapy among older individuals with hypertension, researchers reported.

The American Heart Association issued a scientific statement with recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and secondary prevention of central retinal artery occlusion, or CRAO.

The American Heart Association released a set of three scientific statements that outline the nurse’s role in the management of ischemic stroke, with separate statements for hyperacute/emergency care, the ICU and stroke units.

The Canadian Transient Ischaemic Score was more accurate than the ABCD² and ABCD²I scores in determining patients’ risk for a subsequent stroke within 7 days of having a minor one or a transient ischemic attack, recent data showed.

A longitudinal study quantifying neuroplasticity in the ipsilesional and contralesional human motor cortex following a stroke demonstrated “a period of enhanced synaptic plasticity” that was strongest about 2 weeks after the event.

American Indian adults experienced a 47% greater risk for nonhemorrhagic stroke compared with white, Black, Hispanic and Asian adults, researchers reported.

The inclusion of kidney health measures, as recommended by Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, led to more accurate predictions of 10-year risk for CVD events than did standard cardiovascular risk criteria alone.

The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes among Hispanic and Latino adults with prior stroke or transient ischemic attack is high, and control of these risk factors is poor, researchers reported.

Many adults aged at least 75 years are taking aspirin for primary CVD prevention despite lack of evidence, whereas many are not taking statins for primary CVD prevention despite strong evidence, researchers reported.

Compared with those on a higher dose, patients on a lower-dose edoxaban regimen had lower risk for a composite of stroke, major bleeding and death, according to results published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.