Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

White matter hyperintensity volume, type and shape correlated with an increased risk for mortality and ischemic stroke among patients with manifest arterial disease, according to findings from the SMART-MR study published in Neurology.

Among adults without CVD or cancer at baseline, those who ate healthful plant-based diets had an approximately 10% reduced risk for stroke, researchers reported.

An adjustable clot retriever device for large vessel occlusion ischemic stroke was demonstrated to be both more effective and safer compared with prior data on other stent-retriever devices, a speaker reported.

Certain cardiovascular risk factors, including BMI, fasting glucose and systolic blood pressure, correlated with cognitive decline later in life, according to a pooled analysis of four prospective cohort studies.

Stroke survivors experienced a substantially increased risk for subsequent depression compared with those who had a myocardial infarction, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published in Neurology.

The overall prevalence of new inpatient stroke in COVID-19 remained low, but age, male sex, hypertension, atrial fibrillation and diabetes conferred elevated risk, a speaker reported.

Patients who experienced a stroke and were treated by a mobile stroke unit were more likely to be treated within the first hour of symptom onset and more than twice as likely to be disability free at 90 days, a researcher reported.

Among younger women with pregnancy-associated stroke, in-hospital mortality was higher in Black women compared with white women, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s virtual International Stroke Conference.

A biomarker panel with retinol binding protein 4, N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and glial fibrillary acid protein discerned ischemic stroke from intracerebral hemorrhage with modest accuracy, researchers reported in Neurology.

Patients with suspected large vessel occlusion stroke transferred directly to the angiography suite at admission had better functional outcomes compared with those transferred to the CT suite, a researcher reported.