Stroke/Vascular Neurology News

In a prospective cohort study, excessive exposure to outdoor artificial light at night and air pollution were associated with elevated risk for stroke, researchers reported in Stroke.

After first-time stroke, comorbid PTSD was associated with increased risk for hospital readmission among Black veterans that was not observed among white veterans, researchers reported.

Among adults with depression, risk for cardiovascular events was greater in women compared with men, regardless of age or obesity status, researchers reported in JACC: Asia.

Any level of leisure-time physical activity — even below the recommended amount — reduced the risk for stroke in adults, a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry showed.

Silk Road Medical announced that it has launched the next iteration of its transcarotid stent system in the U.S.

With the beginning of daylight savings time impending, the American Heart Association issued recommendations for healthful behaviors to avoid any adverse cardiovascular effects from the time change.

Among patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease who had carotid endarterectomy, those whose atheromas contained microplastics and/or nanoplastics had worse outcomes than those whose atheromas did not, researchers reported.

High hourly heat exposure was associated with elevated risk for acute ischemic stroke, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

For individuals with anti-coagulation-associated intracerebral hemorrhage, a door-to-treatment time of 60 minutes or fewer was associated with decreased mortality and discharge to hospice care, according to research from JAMA Neurology.

For patients with cervical artery dissection initially treated with anticoagulation, switching to antiplatelet therapy at 30 days may prevent bleeding events later, as stroke risk was lower by then, researchers reported.