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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
STROKEAHA: July 8, 2014 Background and Purpose—Prognostication tools that predict good outcome in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusions after endovascular therapy are lacking. We aim to develop a tool that incorporates clinical and imaging data to predict outcomes after endovascular therapy. Methods—In a derivation cohort of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke patients treated […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
STROKEAHA: July 3, 2014 Background and Purpose—Because of a low prevalence of severe carotid stenosis in the general population, screening for presence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) is not warranted. Possibly, for certain subgroups, screening is worthwhile. The present study aims to develop prediction rules for the presence of ACAS (>50% and >70%). Methods—Individual participant […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Neurology: May 21, 2014 Objective: To determine the cumulative rate and characteristics of recurrent thromboembolic events after acute ischemic stroke in patients with cancer. Methods: We retrospectively identified consecutive adult patients with active systemic cancer diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke at a tertiary-care cancer center from 2005 through 2009. Two neurologists independently reviewed all electronic records to ascertain […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
biomedcentral: 31 July 2014 Background There has been an increasing trend in the incidence of stroke worldwide in recent years, and the number of studies focusing on the risk factors for stroke has also increased every year. To comprehensively evaluate the risk factors of stroke identified in prospective Western and Asian cohort studies. Methods Population-based cohort […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
STROKEAHA: June 26, 2014 Background and Purpose—Insulin resistance is associated with increased stroke risk, but the effect has not been adequately examined separately in white and black populations. Methods—The association of baseline insulin resistance with risk of cerebral infarction (CI) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) was assessed in 12 366 white and 6782 black participants from the […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
STROKEAHA: June 24, 2014 Background and Purpose—Race/ethnic-related differences in safety of intravenous thrombolytic therapy have been shown in patients with myocardial infarction, but not studied in ischemic stroke. Methods—Using data from the Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke program (n=54 334), we evaluated differences in risk-adjusted bleeding rates (any, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage [sICH], serious life-threatening [excluding sICH], […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
CIRCOUTCOMES: June 24, 2014 Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study Linked With Medicare Claims Background—The accuracy of stroke diagnosis in administrative claims for a contemporary population of Medicare enrollees has not been studied. We assessed the validity of diagnostic coding algorithms for identifying stroke in the Medicare population by linking data from […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
International Journal of Health Geographics: 6/17/14 Background Evidence linking outdoor air pollution and incidence of ischemic stroke subtypes and severity is limited. We examined associations between outdoor PM10 and NO2 concentrations modeled at a fine spatial resolution and etiological and clinical ischemic stroke subtypes and severity of ischemic stroke. Methods We used a small-area level ecological study design […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
Wiley: 12 JUN 2014 Conflict of interest: Dr. Amarenco has received research funding from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, Sanofi-Aventis, and BMS; speaker fees from Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical; and honoraria from Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Kowa, Lundbeck, Boston Scientific, Edwards, Bayer, and Boehringer-Ingelheim. Dr. Abboud has no conflicts of interest to […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2014
STROKEAHA: June 19, 2014 Background and Purpose—Mounting evidence points to a decline in stroke incidence. However, little is known about recent patterns of stroke hospitalization within the buckle of the stroke belt. This study aims to investigate the age- and race-specific secular trends in stroke hospitalization rates, inpatient stroke mortality rates, and related hospitalization charges during […]
