Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

Fluctuations in nighttime BP may represent a key predictor of future stroke, CAD and HF, according to a study published in Circulation.

The American Heart Association, in collaboration with the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology and John Wiley & Sons, announced the launch of a new open-access journal, Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology.

Lung evaluation by CT angiography is accurate for fast and early detection for COVID-19 infection in patients with acute ischemic stroke, researchers reported.

Any migraine, as well as migraine with aura, demonstrated a strong association with cryptogenic ischemic stroke among adults aged 18 to 49 years, according to the results of a prospective, multicenter case-control study.

An analysis of more than 470,000 patients from the UK Biobank cohort study demonstrated that, while several risk factors strongly correlated with stroke risk in women compared with men, the rate of stroke remained higher among men.

Cardiovascular and hematological risk factors increased the risk for in-hospital mortality by 613% and 336%, respectively, in pediatric patients who had an ischemic stroke.

Preceding hospitalization for acute COPD exacerbation was associated with increased risk for 90-day and overall mortality of cardiovascular events, according to a study published in CHEST.

A longitudinal analysis of more than 72,000 patients who survived a first-time intracerebral hemorrhage identified infection as the leading cause of death in these patients over a 4-year period, according to findings published in Neurology.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease had higher rates of stroke and lower rates of CAD and vascular disease risk factors, researchers found.

Acute stroke management metrics improved with use of an alarm clock in the CT room that indicated several target times up to therapy decision, researchers found.