Therapies
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
PLOS: 6/25/13 Patients with chronic disease may experience complicated management plans requiring significant personal investment. This has been termed ‘treatment burden’ and has been associated with unfavourable outcomes. The aim of this systematic review is to examine the qualitative literature on treatment burden in stroke from the patient perspective. Read more
Therapies
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
AHA: 5/23/13 The Stroke Acute Management With Urgent Risk-Factor Assessment and Improvement-Intracerebral Hemorrhage Study Background and Purpose—Blood pressure (BP) lowering is often conducted as part of general acute management in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. However, the relationship between BP after antihypertensive therapy and clinical outcomes is not fully known. Methods—Hyperacute (<3 hours from […]
News
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
JACC: 7/2.13 Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between patent foramen ovale (PFO), ischemic stroke, and subclinical cerebrovascular disease in the general population. Background PFO is found more frequently in stroke patients than in stroke-free controls. However, the PFO-related stroke risk in the general population is not well established, and the relationship between […]
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Thursday, June 27th, 2013
Neurology: 6/26/13 Objective: To explore whether traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be a risk factor for subsequent ischemic stroke. Methods: Patients with any emergency department visit or hospitalization for TBI (exposed group) or non-TBI trauma (control) based on statewide emergency department and inpatient databases in California from 2005 to 2009 were included in a retrospective cohort. TBI was […]
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Thursday, June 27th, 2013
AHA: June 4, 2013 Background and Purpose—Because acute ischemic strokes (ISs) are mainly hospitalized, hospital discharge data could be used to routinely follow their incidence management. We aimed to assess sensitivity and positive predictive value of the French hospital discharge database (HDD) to identify patients with acute IS using a prospective and exhaustive cohort (AVC69) […]
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Thursday, June 27th, 2013
AHA: May 23, 2013 Background and Purpose—Previous research suggests greater risk of coronary heart disease with lower levels of the adrenal steroid dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS). No studies have examined the association between DHEAS and risk of ischemic stroke. DHEAS may influence ischemic stroke risk through atherosclerotic-related mechanisms (endothelial function and smooth muscle cell proliferation) […]
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Thursday, June 27th, 2013
JACC: May 7, 2013 Background and Purpose—Reliable comparisons of stroke incidence are important. To determine the impact of systematic assessment of patients referred with transient ischemic attack on the measured incidence and severity of stroke, we compared 2 population-based studies. Methods—Patients with first-ever stroke ascertained during 2006 through 2010 from the Dijon Stroke Registry and […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Friday, June 21st, 2013
JACC: June 1, 2013 Objective The aim of the present study is to evaluate the association of air pollution with the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF). Background Air pollution in general and more specifically particulate matter has been associated with cardiovascular events. Although ventricular arrhythmias are traditionally thought to convey the increased cardiovascular risk, AF may also […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Circulation: May 17, 2013 Background—For ablation of atrial fibrillation, it is unclear how baseline international normalized ratio (INR) affects the dosing of unfractionated heparin (UFH). Methods and Results—A retrospective review of 170 consecutive patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation with baseline activated clotting time (ACT) and INR values was performed. Patients were grouped according to INR <2.0 […]
Atrial Fibrillation
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Circulation: April 29, 2013 Background—Atrial tachycardias (AT) during or after ablation of atrial fibrillation frequently pose a diagnostic challenge. We hypothesized that both the patterns and the timing of coronary sinus (CS) activation could facilitate AT mapping. Methods and Results—A total of 140 consecutive postpersistent atrial fibrillation ablation patients with sustained AT were investigated by conventional […]
