Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

Respiratory symptom severity served as the most significant indicator of in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 who had a stroke, according to a systematic review published in Neurology.

Excess exposure to fine particulate matter measuring 2.5 µm or less may increase the risk for stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, researchers found.

Enlarged perivascular spaces within the basal ganglia represented a novel risk factor for intracranial hemorrhage among patients taking oral anticoagulants, according to a post hoc analysis of the CROMIS-2 (AF) study published in Neurology.

Smoking may increase the risk for fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage and potentially affect the familial manifestation of this event, researchers found in an analysis of the Finnish Twin Cohort.

A new atrial fibrillation guideline from the European Society of Cardiology advocates collaboration between clinicians and patients for AF treatment options.

Perioperative stroke, a major complication of cardiac and thoracic aortic surgeries, has many possible origins, which can make prediction and prevention difficult, according to a new scientific statement.

Endovascular therapy for stroke due to anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion resulted in modestly better functional outcomes compared with medical therapy, even with presentation delay of more than 16 hours, researchers reported.

Ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19 conferred greater mortality and worse functional outcomes than stroke in patients without COVID-19, according to a report published in Stroke.

Among adults younger than 75 years, those with multiple social determinants of health were at more than a 2.5-fold greater risk for stroke than those without any, according to new data from the REGARDS study.

Patients who visited the ED or were hospitalized for COVID-19 had a higher risk for ischemic stroke compared with those with ED visits or hospitalizations for influenza, researchers found.