Therapies
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
J NeuroIntervent Surgery: March 29, 2012 Background and objective Flow diverters are an exciting new class of endovascular devices that treat aneurysms by curative reconstruction of the parent artery. The Pipeline embolization device (PED) is the first FDA-approved intracranial flow diverting device available in the USA. This paper presents periprocedural results with the device in a series […]
Therapies
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
J NeuroIntervent Surgery: February 28, 2012 Background A working projection in coil embolization of a cerebral aneurysm is usually determined using three-dimensional volume rendering digital subtraction angiography (3D VRDSA), in which the boundary between an aneurysm and its parent artery cannot be identified simultaneously on the front and back surfaces of the vessel. A new method was […]
Guidelines, News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
J NeuroIntervent Surgery: April 10, 2013 Since its inception, coil embolization of cerebral aneurysms was designed and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for aneurysms considered to be high risk for microsurgical clip ligation, but it is now increasingly considered as the first line of treatment. The techniques for endovascular aneurysm treatment have […]
News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism: April 10, 2013 Pyrexia soon after stroke is associated with severe stroke and poor functional outcome. Few studies have assessed brain temperature after stroke in patients, so little is known of its associations with body temperature, stroke severity, or outcome. We measured temperatures in ischemic and normal-appearing brain […]
News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism: April 10, 2013 Transglutaminases (TGs) are multifunctional, calcium-dependent enzymes that have been recently implicated in stroke pathophysiology. Classically, these enzymes are thought to participate in cell injury and death in chronic neurodegenerative conditions via their ability to catalyze covalent, nondegradable crosslinks between proteins or to incorporate polyamines into protein […]
News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Environmental Health: April 8, 2013 Background Air pollution exposure is associated with hospital admissions and emergency room visits for cardiopulmonary disease and stroke. Iceland’s capital area, Reykjavik, has generally low air pollution levels, but traffic and natural sources contribute to pollution levels. The objective of this study was to investigate temporal associations between emergency hospital visits […]
News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Neurology: January 30, 2013 Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is a relatively common cause of noncompressive myelopathy.1 SCI frequently involves the thoracic or lumbar cord manifesting as acute painful paraparesis but may also involve the posterior columns and autonomic fibers. Read more
Atrial Fibrillation
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Science Direct: April 3, 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, […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Friday, April 12th, 2013
STROKEAHA: April 2, 2013 Background and Purpose—To estimate the cost-effectiveness of stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation by using novel oral anticoagulants apixaban 5 mg, dabigatran 150 mg, and rivaroxaban 20 mg compared with warfarin. Methods—A Markov decision-analysis model was constructed using data from clinical trials to evaluate lifetime costs and quality-adjusted life-years of […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Circulation: April 1, 2013 Introduction This document is a compilation of the current American Col- lege of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association (ACCF/AHA) practice guideline recommendations for atrial fibrillation (AF) from the “ACC/AHA/esC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation),”⁎ the “2011 ACCF/AHA/Hrs Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation […]
