Stroke
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Nearly Half of U.S. Stroke Patients Remain Hypertensive
Major Finding: Among a representative sample of 490 Americans aged 40 years or older with a history of stroke, 47% had uncontrolled hypertension....
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Clot-Busters Safely Treated Wake-Up Stroke Patients
Major Finding: The mean score was significantly lower for the wake-up group than for the reference group (7.2 vs. 11.5, respectively), but a...
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Framingham Score Flags MI Risk After Stroke
Major Finding: In ischemic stroke patients with no coronary disease, a Framingham Risk Score of 20% or greater was associated with a threefold...
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Solitaire Trumped Merci in Stroke Clot Retrieval Trial
Major Finding: Successful recanalization without symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage occurred in a significantly larger proportion of patients who...
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Aspirin, Warfarin Show Equal Heart Failure Efficacy
Major Finding: Heart failure patients treated with aspirin or warfarin had an identical 7% rate of death, ischemic stroke, or intracerebral...
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Anemia Triples Post-Stroke Mortality Risk
Major Finding: A history of severe anemia put stroke patients at a higher risk of death than having a history of other conditions, including...
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Intracranial Bleed Risk Higher in Warfarin Than Rivaroxaban Users
Major Finding:In patients with atrial fibrillation and a high risk for stroke, intracranial hemorrhage occurred in 1.2% of those taking warfarin...
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Longer Monitoring Needed to Detect Cause of Cryptogenic Stroke
Major Finding: The authors estimated that the AF detection rate rose with increased duration of cardiac outpatient telemetry monitoring – from 4%...