Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

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.

County-level stroke mortality occurring outside a stroke unit correlated primarily with demographics and health care and environmental factors, according to results from a retrospective, cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

The American Academy of Neurology released an update to their 2014 position statement on telehealth in which they reiterate their call for expanding its use.

In a rural health system, more than half of patients with atrial fibrillation did not receive treatment consistent with guidance from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society, data show.

One in six patients with a symptomatic carotid web experienced a recurrent stroke within 2 years of the index stroke, according to results of a cohort study of more than 3,400 patients with large vessel occlusion stroke.

High BMI in adolescence was associated with ischemic stroke risk regardless of diabetes status, according to a study published in Stroke.

Neurological manifestations occurred frequently in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and correlated with increased in-hospital mortality, according to findings from a multicohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Acute stroke trials underenrolled women, and trials with an upper age threshold of 80 years further limited enrollment, according to findings from a database search of more than 100 trials published in JAMA Neurology.