Stroke

According to statistics reported in a recent release from Sutter Health, up to 15% of strokes are suffered by individuals aged younger than 45 years, with incidence rising.

Stroke prevalence increased more than 15% among Americans aged 65 years and younger in the last decade, research published in MMWR showed.

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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with similar long-term mortality and stroke risk vs. surgery for severe aortic stenosis, but with greater risk for pacemaker implant with self-expanding TAVR valves, a speaker reported.

SAN FRANCISCO — Effective strategies to prevent and manage hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are often underutilized, but a new CDC initiative aims to harness solutions that work and package them in one place for busy clinicians.

A new prosthetic aortic valve with a wider range of intermediate sizing was noninferior at 30 days vs. other contemporary transcatheter aortic valves, a speaker reported.

In younger patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was associated with similar outcomes to surgical AVR, except in those with bicuspid valves, researchers reported.

Although the rate of heart attacks in the United States has declined by 50% in the last 20 years, patients from low-income households had significantly higher odds of mortality than patients from high-income households.

For patients diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage, surgical intervention within 24 hours led to better functional outcomes at 180 days compared with medical management alone, researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine.