STROKEAHA: April 4, 2013 Background and Purpose—Chronic pain syndromes are reported to be common after stroke, but most previous epidemiological studies have generally included small cohorts of patients with relatively short-term follow-up. In a large cohort with ischemic stroke (Prevention Regimen for Effectively avoiding Second Stroke [PRoFESS] trial), we determined the prevalence, risk factors, and clinical […]
STROKEAHA: April 4, 2013 Background and Purpose—Previous studies suggest that genetic variation plays a substantial role in occurrence and evolution of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Genetic contribution to disease can be determined by calculating heritability using family-based data, but such an approach is impractical for ICH because of lack of large pedigree-based studies. However, a novel analytic […]
White House Blog: April 02, 2013 Today at the White House, President Obama unveiled the “BRAIN” Initiative—a bold new research effort to revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury. The BRAIN Initiative — short for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies — builds […]
STROKEAHA: March 26, 2013 Background and Purpose—Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have been largely identified in case–control studies, with few longitudinal studies available. Methods—Predictors of incident ICH among 27 760 black and white participants from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort study were assessed. Results—There were 62 incident ICH events during […]
STROKEAHA: March 28, 2013 Background and Purpose—Fiber intake is associated with reduced stroke risk in prospective studies, but no meta-analysis has been published to date. Methods—Multiple electronic databases were searched for healthy participant studies reporting fiber intake and incidence of first hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, published between January 1990 and May 2012. Read more
STROKEAHA: March 26, 2013 Background and Purpose—The Age, Blood Pressure, Clinical Features, Duration, and Diabetes plus Dual TIA (ABCD3-I) score is recommended to predict the risk of early stroke after transient ischemic attack. The aim of this study was to validate the predictive value of the ABCD3-I score and compare the accuracy of the Age, Blood […]
International Journal of Stroke: March 21, 2013 Many stroke rehabilitation services and interventions are complex in that they involve a number of components, interactions, and outcomes. Much of the onus of stroke care lies with rehabilitation services and because stroke rehabilitation is highly resource intensive, it is important for policy makers to consider the potential […]
STROKEAHA: March 12, 2013 Risk scores are commonly used in the prediction of disease outcome. In the context of cerebrovascular diseases, risk scores have been created to identify stroke risk after transient ischemic attack (TIA) and (minor) stroke, to identify subgroups of patients with high risk of stroke (for instance, correlated with grade of carotid stenosis), […]
J Am Heart Assoc.: January 28, 2013 Background We aimed to derive and validate a single risk score for predicting death from ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Methods and Results Data from 333 865 stroke patients (IS, 82.4%; ICH, 11.2%; SAH, 2.6%; uncertain type, 3.8%) in the Get With The Guidelines—Stroke database were […]
STROKEAHA: March 14, 2013 Background and Purpose—Few prospective studies have examined the impact of both green tea and coffee consumption on strokes. We investigated the association of the combination of those consumption with stroke incidence in a general population. Methods—We studied 82 369 Japanese (aged 45–74 years; without cardiovascular disease [CVD] or cancer in 1995 and […]
