Clinical Trials
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Nber.org: 7/19/12 We examine the impact of pharmaceutical innovation, as measured by the vintage of prescription drugs used, on longevity, using longitudinal, country-level data on 30 developing and high-income countries during the period 2000-2009. We control for fixed country and year effects, real per capita income, the unemployment rate, mean years of schooling, the urbanization rate, […]
Clinical Trials
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Plosone.org: 7/25/12. To determine which early modifiable factors are associated with younger stroke survivors’ ability to return to paid work in a cohort study with 12-months of follow-up conducted in 20 stroke units in the Stroke Services NSW clinical network. Read More
Clinical Trials
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Biomedcentral.com: 7/25/12. Patients who are hospitalized with a first or recurrent stroke often are discharged with new medications or adjustment to the doses of pre-admission medications, which can be confusing and pose safety issues if misunderstood. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of medication coaching via telephone after discharge in patients […]
Clinical Trials
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Circ.ahajournals.org: 7/23/12. Intermittent rhythm monitoring (IRM) to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence is employed to evaluate the success of therapeutic interventions. In a large population of continuously monitored (CM) patients, we investigated the sensitivity of various frequency and duration IRM strategies on the detection of AF recurrence, the dynamics behind AF recurrence detection and describe […]
Clinical Trials
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals.org: 6/7/12. The INTEnsive blood pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT) pilot study showed that early intensive blood pressure-lowering can attenuate hematoma growth in acute intracerebral hemorrhage. The present analysis aimed to determine the treatment effects on hematoma growth by time from intracerebral hemorrhage onset to randomization. Read More
Clinical Trials
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals.org: 5/10/12. Improvements of language production in aphasic patients have been reported following repeated 1-Hz transcranial magnetic stimulation over the nondamaged right hemisphere. Most studies examined aphasic patients in the chronic phase. The effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation application in acute or subacute patients has not been systematically studied. We aimed to evaluate whether continuous […]
Clinical Trials
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
American College of Cardiology Foundation: 7/19. We hypothesized that human atrial fibrillation (AF) may be sustained by localized sources (electrical rotors and focal impulses), whose elimination (focal impulse and rotor modulation [FIRM]) may improve outcome from AF ablation. Background Catheter ablation for AF is a promising therapy, whose success is limited in part by uncertainty in the […]
Clinical Trials
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
American Heart Association, Inc: July 17, 2012. Stroke and dementia are the major causes for long‐term care (LTC) dependence in old age. This intervention trial compared a multidomain prevention program for stroke and dementia with usual medical care in reducing the need for LTC. Methods and Results The Intervention Project on Cerebrovascular Disease and Dementia in […]
Clinical Trials
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Stroke.ahajournals.org: July 12, 2012. Paresis of the upper extremity after stroke is not effectively solved by existing therapies. We investigated whether mental imagery training combined with electromyogram-triggered electric stimulation improved motor function of the paretic upper extremity in patients with chronic stroke and induced cortical changes. Methods—Fourteen subjects with chronic stroke (≥12 months) were randomly allocated […]
Clinical Trials
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
BMC Medicine: July 10, 2012. Clinical pathways (CPs) are used to improve the outcomes of acute stroke, but their use in stroke care is questionable, because the evidence on their effectiveness is still inconclusive. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether CPs improve the outcomes and the quality of care provided to patients after […]
