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Friday, June 21st, 2013
STROKEAHA; une 18, 2013 Background and Purpose—An accurate prognosis is useful for patients, family, and service providers after acute stroke. Methods—We validated the Stroke subtype, Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project Classification, Age, and prestroke Rankin stroke score in predicting inpatient and 7-day mortality using data from 8 National Health Service hospital trusts in the Anglia Stroke and […]
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
International Journal for Equity in Health: June 15, 2013 Introduction The effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on stroke mortality at population level has been controversial. This study explores the association of SES in childhood and adulthood with stroke mortality, as well as variations in this association among countries/regions. Methods Sex-specific stroke mortality at country level […]
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Nature: June 12, 2013 Cerebral stroke continues to be a major cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in developed countries. Evidence reviewed here suggests that gender influences various aspects of the clinical spectrum of ischemic stroke, in terms of influencing how a patients present with ischemic stroke through to how they […]
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
STROKEAHA: June 11, 2013 Background and Purpose—It is unclear whether blood lipid profiles and statin use before intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are associated with its outcome. Methods—The Helsinki ICH Study, a single-center observational registry of consecutive ICH patients, was used to study the associations between premorbid statin use, baseline lipid levels, and clinical outcome. Read more
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
CDC: May 29, 2013 Heart disease and stroke are the first and fourth leading causes of death in the United States. The two diseases are the primary components of cardiovascular disease (CD), which is responsible for one of every three reported deaths each year. Non-fatal strokes and heart attacks also disable more than a million […]
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
AHA Journals – June 6, 2013 Background and Purpose—The American Heart Association developed Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) as a metric defining cardiovascular health. We investigated the association between LS7 and incident stroke in black and white Americans. Methods—The Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) is a national population-based cohort of 30 239 blacks […]
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
AHA Journals – June 6, 2013. Background and Purpose—Much recent interest surrounds the use of action observation, which is observing another individual performing a motor task, in stroke rehabilitation, to promote motor recovery by engaging similar brain regions to action execution. This may be especially useful in individuals with limited mobility. Here, we assess how […]
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
AHA Journals, June 6, 201 Background and Purpose—Research on the relationship between caffeine-containing medicines (CCMs) and the risk of hemorrhagic stroke (HS) is sparse. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between CCMs and the risk of HS. Methods—We performed a multicenter case–control study in South Korea, from 2002 to 2004. A total […]
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
The Lancet Neurology, May 31, 2013. Haemorrhagic transformation (HT) of ischaemic infarction occurs when an area of brain infarction is stained with blood products, mainly red blood cells. An abnormally permeable blood—brain barrier resulting from ischaemia of the capillary endothelium allows this extravasation of blood products. HT is part of the natural history of some forms […]
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
AHA – May 23, 2013 Background and Purpose—The study aimed to assess whether onset headache is an ominous sign in patients with first-ever ischemic stroke. Methods—A large population of ischemic stroke patients was obtained from the Taiwan Stroke Registry. Stroke subtypes were classified by the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria. […]
