Stroke News

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmed its 2014 recommendation for carotid artery stenosis screening in asymptomatic adults, saying the risks outweigh the benefits. It is listed as a D recommendation.

Women, older individuals and those living in lower socioeconomic areas have a higher incidence of stroke and subsequent major adverse outcomes, researchers reported.

Women have an overall lower hazard of stroke or transient ischemic attack compared with men, according to findings published in Stroke.

Women are underrepresented in stroke clinical trials due to factors influenced by both investigators and patients.

Stroke survivors who participated in exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation experienced improvements in CV endurance, strength and mobility, according to data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, according to the annual heart disease and strokes statistics update from the American Heart Association.

A population-based cohort study from 1948 to 2017 demonstrated a substantially greater risk for stroke following a transient ischemic attack, though that risk decreased significantly from 2000 to 2017 compared with 1948 to 1985.

Women admitted for acute ischemic stroke more often presented with a higher degree of disability and were more likely to undergo intra-arterial thrombolysis compared with men, according to research published in Stroke.

Two studies published in JAMA of mechanical thrombectomy alone vs. mechanical thrombectomy plus IV thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke contradicted each other.

Research published in Stroke indicated a causal association between smoking and risk for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage among individuals of European descent in Britain.