Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

Stroke survivors may be more likely to attempt or die by suicide than people who have not had a stroke, according to a meta-analysis presented at the American Stroke Association’s virtual International Stroke Conference.

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 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.

Older patients with ischemic stroke who took statins for 2 years after discharge experienced fewer CV events after hospital discharge compared with those who took them for less than 2 years or not at all, researchers reported in Stroke.

Intensive arm motor therapy improved modified Rankin Scale scores among a “substantial” portion of patients who had experienced a stroke, according to findings published in Neurology.

A survey of young stroke survivors found that these patients see interventions outside of health care settings, such as tip sheets from other young survivors, as “widely acceptable and sometimes preferred” for addressing their needs.