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Latest stroke research from International Stroke Conference 2016
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More than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year, killing nearly 130,000, according to the CDC.
Researchers presented data and clinical progress on stroke at the International Stroke Conference 2016.
Coverage featured the latest in stroke research, including risk factors, therapies and stroke detection.
Worsening migraines with hormone replacement linked to increased stroke risk in women
Postmenopausal women who experience worsening migraines while using hormone therapy had an increased risk for stroke compared with women who were not currently using hormone replacement therapy.
“There has been a longstanding debate on whether hormone therapy and migraines increase stroke risk. To date, the jury is still out. There [are] still some gray areas in our understanding of whether these are true independent stroke risk factors,” Haseeb A. Rahman, MD, from Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute in Minneapolis and a neurology resident at Houston Methodist Hospital, said during a press conference. Read more.
Poor air quality linked to increased stroke risk
In the United States and China, higher pollution levels are associated with an increased number of strokes.
Investigators used data from the United States and China because they “are the world’s two largest emitters of greenhouse gases and responsible for about one-third of global warming to date,” Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University, Philadelphia, said. Read more.
Enhanced, prolonged monitoring increases AF detection in patients with stroke
Prolonged and enhanced monitoring by means of repeated 10-day Holter monitoring initiated early after ischemic stroke was more effective than standard care for the detection of atrial fibrillation within the first 6 months.
Enhanced and prolonged Holter monitoring “should be considered for all stroke patients in whom the detection of AF is of therapeutic relevance,” Rolf Wachter, MD, head senior physician, Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology, University of Göttingen, Germany, said during a press conference. Read more. Read more.
Pregnancy at older age may increase risk for future stroke
Women who become pregnant at age 40 years and older face a greater risk for stroke later in life compared with women who become pregnant at a younger age.
“We already knew that older women were more likely than younger women to experience health problems during their pregnancy. Now, we know that the consequences stretch years into the future,” Adnan I. Qureshi, MD, executive director of the Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute in St. Cloud, Minnesota, said. Read more.
Endovascular therapy after ischemic stroke reduces costs
After ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion, the addition of endovascular therapy with mechanical thrombectomy to IV tissue plasminogen activator reduced costs and improved quality of life.
This treatment was studied by Bruce C.V. Campbell, MD, from the department of neurology at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia, and Mohammad Moussavi, MD, of the Stroke and Neurovascular Center at JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey, and their respective colleagues. Read more.
Reference:
CDC. Stroke Facts. Accessed Februrary 26, 2016.