Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

Heart disease continues to stand as the leading global cause of death, but there has been a rapid rise in brain disease-related deaths, and risk factors for both are similar, according to an American Heart Association report.

In adults aged 35 years or younger, women were 44% more likely to have an ischemic stroke compared with men, according to a systematic review.

Surgical treatment at approximately 12.5 hours after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage correlated with improved outcomes, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Bereavement-related stress, particularly from the death of a child, may slightly increase risk for stroke, according to a bi-national, population-based cohort study published in Neurology.

Researchers observed no independent association between chronic kidney disease and pre- or post-event dementia among patients with transient ischemic attack and stroke, according to results of a population-based cohort study.

Diagnoses of cardiovascular issues plateaued during the COVID-19 pandemic, but diagnoses of cerebrovascular issues dropped sharply compared with pre-pandemic levels, per a population-based study published in Neurology.

The risk for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis within 28 days of receiving a first dose of a vector-based COVID-19 vaccine was higher in younger age groups among European populations, according to a study published in Neurology.

Compared with manual contact catheters, robotic magnetic navigation reduced risk for silent cerebral embolism after atrial fibrillation ablation procedures, researchers reported in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Among patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, those with recent cannabis use were more likely to have delayed cerebral ischemia than those without recent use, researchers reported.

Age at pediatric stroke has a significant impact on post-stroke recovery and affects long-term cognitive outcome regardless of lesion size and lesion location, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in Neurology.