Articles Tagged With: stroke
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Mechanical Thrombectomy with or Without Intravenous Thrombolysis?
Current stroke treatment guidelines recommend combined use of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase prior to endovascular thrombectomy for patients with large vessel occlusion. However, there continues to be controversy surrounding this recommendation, and these investigators undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of completed therapeutic trials to help resolve the controversy.
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Neurologists Look Beyond Traditional Addiction Treatment Techniques
Researchers explore why some patients were suddenly no longer craving nicotine after the appearance of a brain lesion.
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Few Severe Stroke Patients Receive Palliative Care
Severe stroke can be similarly devastating as cancer — not only for the patient, but for family members caring for that patient. They all may need symptom relief and emotional support that palliative care can provide.
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Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Increased Risk of Stroke
It has been established that women who have hypertension during pregnancy from any cause, compared to those without a history of hypertension, have an increased risk for subsequent stroke. Investigators in this study from Taiwan looked at the differences between the four major types of hypertensive disorders and the relative risks of subsequent stroke in women.
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Women Who Experienced Miscarriage or Stillbirth Early in Life Have an Increased Risk of Stroke in Later Life
Investigators performed a comprehensive literature search and meta-analysis of 16 cohort studies and two case-control studies that reviewed the records of 7,808,521 women who experienced complications around pregnancy to determine the subsequent risk of stroke and determined that women who had experienced miscarriage or stillbirth were at a higher risk of future stroke.
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It Is Uncertain if Men and Women Present with Different Symptoms at the Onset of Ischemic Stroke
There have been anecdotal reports and small case series that have suggested women may present with symptoms that are different from men at the onset of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attacks. These investigators conducted a systematic review to determine if there was a difference in presenting symptoms between men and women.
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Women Have a Higher Risk for Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms than Men, Not Explained by Aneurysm Characteristics
It has been noted by clinicians that women have a higher risk of rupture of intracranial aneurysms than men, but in epidemiological studies this was not found to be an independent risk factor. These investigators undertook a review of several large, prospective studies and performed a meta-analysis to assess the characteristics that might be different between men and women to explain these observations.
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Men Are More Likely to Have High-Risk and Dangerous Carotid Artery Plaques than Women
Investigators in the Netherlands investigated the differences between atherosclerotic plaque burden and plaque morphology between men and women who had recent ischemic stroke symptoms and less than 70% ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis.
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Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
It has been established that women who have hypertension during pregnancy from any cause, compared to those without a history of hypertension, have an increased risk for subsequent stroke. Investigators in this study from Taiwan looked at the differences between the four major types of hypertensive disorders and the relative risks of subsequent stroke in women.
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Women Who Experienced Miscarriage or Stillbirth Early in Life Have an Increased Risk of Stroke in Later Life
There have been limited studies looking at the effect of miscarriage and stillbirth, which could have an effect on endothelial function and chronic systemic inflammation, conditions that play a role in the long-term risk of stroke. These investigators performed a comprehensive literature search and meta-analysis that reviewed the records of women who experienced complications around pregnancy to determine the subsequent risk of stroke.