Therapies
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
International Journal of Stroke: April 17, 2013 Background and Aims Body temperature, inflammation, and infections may modify response to thrombolytic therapy. We studied their associations with clinical improvement after intravenous thrombolysis and three-month outcome. Methods We included 985 consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis at the Helsinki University Central Hospital during 1995–2008. […]
Therapies
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
J Am Heart Assoc.: April 15, 2013 Background It is uncertain how intracranial stenting (ICS) has been adopted nationally during a period characterized by a restrictive payment policy by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, humanitarian device exemption approval by the Food and Drug Administration, and insufficient evidence of effectiveness. We sought to determine the […]
Therapies
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
J NeuroIntervent Surgery: April 12, 2013 Background and purpose Treatment of intracranial fusiform aneurysms is complex and controversial, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The goal of this study was to evaluate the strategy of stent only therapy. Materials and methods A retrospective analysis of 20 patients with 20 intracranial fusiform aneurysms undergoing endovascular […]
News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
News Medical: April 18, 2013 Two studies presented at this year’s EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual’s risk of coronary heart disease. The first was a case-control study described by Dr Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Associate Professor of Biostatistics-Epidemiology at Harokopio University, Athens, which evaluated occupation in 250 […]
News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
STROKEAHA: April 18, 2013 Background and Purpose—The impact of asymptomatic coronary artery disease on the risk of major vascular events in patients with cerebral infarction is unknown. Methods—Four hundred five patients with acute cerebral infarction underwent carotid, femoral artery, thoracic, and abdominal aorta ultrasound examination. Of 342 patients with no known coronary heart disease, 315 underwent […]
News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Neurology: April 17, 2013 Objective: To examine the effects of pretreatment with statins at high doses (40 mg of rosuvastatin or 80 mg of any other statin) and low to moderate doses (<40 mg of rosuvastatin or <80 mg of any other statin) on ischemic stroke (IS) severity in clinical practice. Methods: Observational study of IS admissions to […]
News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
WIRED: April 15, 2013 The fields of psychology and cognitive neuroscience have had some rough sledding in recent years. The bumps have come from high-profile fraudsters, concerns about findings that can’t be replicated, and criticism from within the scientific ranks about shoddy statistics. A new study adds to these woes, suggesting that a wide range of neuroscience studies lack the statistical […]
News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Int J Qual Health Care: April 12, 2013 Objective To examine the potential for using routinely collected administrative data to compare the quality and safety of stroke care at a hospital level, including evaluating any bias due to variations in coding practice. Design A retrospective cohort study of English hospitals’ performance against six process and outcome indicators covering […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
American Journal of Cardiology: April 4, 2013 The progression of atrial fibrillation (AF) to a more sustained form is associated with increased symptoms and morbidity. The aims of the REgistry on Cardiac Rhythm DisORDers Assessing the Control of Atrial Fibrillation (RecordAF)–United States (US) cohort study were to identify the risk factors of AF progression and the […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
J Am Coll Cardiology: April 1, 2013 Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations of traditional risk factors and longitudinal measures of HIV disease severity with risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in a contemporary cohort of HIV-infected individuals. Background Cardiovascular disease is common in HIV-infected persons; however, the most common cardiac arrhythmia, […]
