Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

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.

BP and hypertension may be associated with risk for white matter lesions in atrial fibrillation but not with large noncortical or cortical infarcts, according to data published in Hypertension.

Neurological syndromes on admission in patients with COVID-19, including altered mentation and stroke, predicted greater mortality risk in a large, single-center study in New York City, according to findings published in Neurology.

The FDA announced that in response to its request, Penumbra has issued an urgent recall of reperfusion catheters for clot removal in patients with stroke due to risk for unexpected death or serious injury.

Machine learning models significantly outperformed standard models in predicting delayed cerebral ischemia and functional outcomes at 3 months after a subarachnoid hemorrhage, according to findings published in Neurology.

Literature on the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 continues to emerge, as does the medical community’s understanding of how COVID-19 impacts the course of underlying neurological conditions like MS and epilepsy.

Updated American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care included the Neurological Pupil Index and automated pupillometry as an objective measure of brain injury prognosis after cardiac arrest.