MedWire News: The combination of clopidogrel and aspirin does not help, and may harm, patients with small subcortical stroke, show findings from the antiplatelet arm of the SPS3 trial. Patients given combination treatment had as many strokes as those given aspirin alone, and also had more bleeding events and were more likely to die during […]
Postnoon News | February 8, 2012: Washington: An experimental stent-like device removed blood clots in stroke patients more effectively than standard mechanical treatment, a study reveals. Named SOLITAIRE, it has a self-expanding, stent-like design and, once inserted into a clot using a thin catheter tube, it compresses and traps the clot. The clot is then removed by withdrawing the […]
USC Uses Motion-Capture Technology to Heal the Injured By Katharine Gammon Thu., Feb. 9 2012 at 10:30 AM – Categories: A Considerable Town, Games, Startups, Tech: Startups is a new column about new companies, big ideas and bold discoveries happening in the L.A. area. Belinda Lange knows how to have some serious fun. A physiotherapist by training, Lange leads a group at […]
Study reveals quick way to identify those who will respond well to clot-buster alteplase Health US News: MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — A new scoring system can help quickly identify stroke patients who will respond well to the clot-busting drug alteplase (Activase), Finnish researchers say. Their study, published in the Feb. 7 issue of the […]
HealthDay Reporter: Maureen Salamon: WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News): Treating stroke patients with stem cells taken from their own bone marrow appears to safely help them regain some of their lost abilities, two small new studies suggest. Indian researchers observed mixed results in the extent of stroke patients’ improvements, with one study showing marked gains in daily activities, such as feeding, dressing and […]
Wiley- Online Library: Abstract: Cardioembolic strokes account for one-sixth of all strokes and are an important potentially preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. Vitamin K antagonists (e.g., warfarin) are effective for the prevention of cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and in those with mechanical heart valves but because of their inherent limitations are underutilized and […]
Results of the Prospective CATCH Study Shelagh B. Coutts, MD; Jayesh Modi, MD; Shiel K. Patel, BSc; Andrew M. Demchuk, MD; Mayank Goyal, MD; Michael D. Hill, MD for the Calgary Stroke Program Correspondence to Shelagh B. Coutts, MD, Foothills Hospital, C1261, 1403 29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada. E-mail scoutts@ucalgary.ca Abstract Background and Purpose—Transient […]
Brightsurf Science News: In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012. “Although there was a warfarin benefit for patients treated for […]
Cardiology Today: International Stroke Conference 2012. NEW ORLEANS — One in two stroke survivors have poorly controlled hypertension and equally poor rates of antihypertensive therapy, according to data presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference. Amytis Towfighi, MD, and colleagues reviewed the prevalence and control of hypertension among 490 adult stroke survivors who participated in the National Health […]
By: Deanna Morey – Published: Feb 7, 2012 08:34 pm: (dailyRx) Technology and procedures to treat unruptured brain aneurysms, which can lead to hemorrhagic stroke caused by cranial bleeding, have improved significantly in the last decade. Treatment outcomes have not improved with the technology, however, suggesting that higher numbers of procedures performed at smaller community hospitals are […]
